The former drummer of rock band The Devil Wears Prada recently lost his life in a tragic plane crash – moments after being pictured in the cockpit.
RadarOnline.com reported that Daniel Williams, plus talent agent Dave Shapiro, passed away in a fireball crash in a San Diego neighborhood in the morning of Thursday, May 22nd.
The musician had survived a near-death experience six years back when he was caught in the crosshairs of a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, in which nine people were killed inside a bar.
The shooter, Connor Betts, was shot dead by law enforcement officers responding to the scene.
Following the attack, Williams disclosed he had a lucky escape from the gunman.
His private Cessna plane crashed around 4am Pacific after Williams, who stepped away from music eight years ago, shared a picture of himself at the plane’s controls.
A caption posted alongside the picture on Instagram read: “Here we gooooo.”
Shortly before the flight took off, he also dropped a picture tagging Shapiro, 42, who owned the plane and used to work with the Christian metal band Williams drummed in for years.
Williams, 39, posted another picture of the plane controls and wrote: “Hey. Hey… you… look at me … I’m the (co)pilot now.”
The Devil Wears Prada confirmed the passing by posting a montage of pictures of both Williams and Shapiro on their Instagram late this afternoon.
They wrote: “No words. We owe you everything. Love you forever.”
As per his X account, Williams recently announced that he had accepted a job with Apple on May 14.
He wrote: “I’m very excited to share that I’ve accepted a software engineering role at Apple.
“It’s been really tough to say goodbye to my friends and colleagues of nearly eight years at GoPro, but it’s time for my next chapter. It’s time to help build the future.”
Williams was seen boarding a Cessna 550 at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey late Wednesday night.
