Last Updated on January 17, 2023 by C-CAR
LOS ANGELES >> Two-time Oscar-winning composer James Horner was killed in a private plane crash near Cuyuma in Santa Barbara County today, his assistant confirmed.
“We have lost an amazing person with a huge heart and unbelievable talent,” Sylvia Patrycja wrote on Facebook. “He died doing what he loved.”
The pilot was the only person aboard the single-engine S312 Tucano MK1, according to Ian Gregor of the Federal Aviation Administration.
The crash occurred under unknown circumstances about 9:30 a.m., Gregor said.
As a matter of policy, the FAA does not release the names of those who die in plane crashes.
Horner’s lawyer, Jay Cooper, told the entertainment trade publication Variety the plane belonged to Horner and he had not heard from him since the crash.
“James was a very experienced pilot,” he said. “James loved flying. I don’t know anything more than that.”
Horner won best original song and best original dramatic score Oscars for his work on “Titanic.”
Horner also wrote the scores for “Braveheart,” “A Beautiful Mind,” “Glory,” “Legends of the Fall” and “Avatar.”
