LA JOLLA — David Copley, the former owner and publisher of The San Diego Union-Tribune, died after crashing his car less than a mile from his La Jolla home early Tuesday night, a friend announced at the hospital.
He was only 60. Never married.
Copley's family, whose name is synonymous with San Diego, owned the city's largest media company for more than eight decades before he sold it to a private equity firm in 2009.
Dr. Robert Singer, one of Copley's closest friends, announced Copley's death outside Scripps Memorial Hospital at 9:10 p.m., about three hours after the crash. Copley died at 8 p.m., the doctor said.
Singer called Copley "a gentle soul" and "a great San Diegan and beloved citizen of the world."
He said Copley apparently suffered a heart attack while driving his car. Copley had said he wasn't feeling well and left a board meeting for the nearby Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.
Singer praised Copley for his generosity in the community and said there were many contributions he made that he never put his name on, including one in Barrio Logan. He wasn't more specific. Singer also said he had been a friend of Copley's since the late 1960s and that his wife, Judith Harris, was Copley's best friend. Singer said Harris and Copley were planning to prepare Thanksgiving dinner together.
"It's a great loss to this community," Singer said.
He called Copley's death "sudden and unexpected" and added that "the people in the emergency room did a great job, but the underlying cardiac problems prevented a full resuscitation."
Copley had a heart transplant in June 2005 at Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego when he was 53.
On Tuesday, he was rushed by ambulance to Scripps Memorial after his Aston Martin crashed into a parked car on Silverado Street near Eads Avenue at 6:15 p.m., authorities said.
Fire department spokesman Maurice Luque said police officers rushed to the scene from a rally calling for peace in the Middle East at the contemporary art museum — two blocks away — when they heard a crash.
They found Copley alone in the front seat of his Aston Martin, smashed a window and pulled him from the car, Luque said. Copley was unconscious and not breathing but police officers performed CPR and resuscitated him, and he was breathing with a heartbeat when he was taken to the hospital, Luque said.
San Diego police Officer David Stafford said he did not know the cause of the crash, but that it could have been a medical emergency.
Amanda Davis Wischkaemper, a pastor at the nearby Children's Ministries at St. James by-the-Sea Church, saw the aftermath but not the collision. While at work, she heard a crash and sirens soon after.
When she got outside, she saw a half-dozen people who appeared to be paramedics working to revive a man lying on his back on the street.
The middle-aged man did not appear to be breathing, and paramedics performed CPR, Wischkaemper said. The man was then put on a gurney and loaded into the ambulance.
She saw one car -- a dark green, four-door vehicle with a dent in the front hood.
Singer, who was visibly distraught at Scripps Memorial, spoke in front of a podium in front of the lobby and fielded a couple questions from the assembled media. He walked back into the hospital after about five minutes.
Douglas Manchester, who bought the U-T from private equity firm Platinum Equity about a year ago, said Tuesday night that "David was a sensitive and caring person who supported so many worthy causes and was taken from us way too soon. The entire San Diego community will miss him and the philanthropy that he and his family made possible for do many years."
The Copley name graces the Copley Symphony Hall in downtown, Copley Plaza in Balboa Park, the Copley Family YMCA in City Heights and the Copley Building at the Museum of Contemporary Art's downtown location.
In 2001, three years before his mother, Helen, died, David Copley was named publisher of the Union-Tribune Publishing Co. and chairman of Copley Press. Under Copley, the Union-Tribune won two Pulitzer Prizes but also began to cut costs through layoffs, buyouts and other measures.
Over the years, Copley funded Broadway musicals and Christo art installations. In 2008, he donated $6 million to UCLA to develop a center for costume design.
The next year, he sold the newspaper, ending his family's 81-year ownership.
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From Wikipedia
David C. Copley, was born 31 January 1952 in San Diego as David Hunt.
In 1965, Hunt's mother married James Copley, the owner of Copley Press, and later became owner herself. David then became the adopted son of Copley. James Copley was publisher of the family-owned Copley Press chain of some 20 newspapers and a wire service, the Copley News Service of Washington, DC. In May 2009 the company sold its remaining newspaper, the San Diego Union-Tribune Copley Press to a Beverly Hills investment firm.
A resident of the San Diego neighborhood of La Jolla, California, Copley has been named in Forbes Magazine's 2005 list of the 400 richest Americans and according to Forbes magazine is a billionaire. He underwent heart transplant surgery in June 2005 at Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego, California, later donating a reported $5 million to Sharp Healthcare, operator of the hospital.
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Washington Post obituary
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He was only 60. Never married.
Copley's family, whose name is synonymous with San Diego, owned the city's largest media company for more than eight decades before he sold it to a private equity firm in 2009.
Dr. Robert Singer, one of Copley's closest friends, announced Copley's death outside Scripps Memorial Hospital at 9:10 p.m., about three hours after the crash. Copley died at 8 p.m., the doctor said.
Singer called Copley "a gentle soul" and "a great San Diegan and beloved citizen of the world."
He said Copley apparently suffered a heart attack while driving his car. Copley had said he wasn't feeling well and left a board meeting for the nearby Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.
Singer praised Copley for his generosity in the community and said there were many contributions he made that he never put his name on, including one in Barrio Logan. He wasn't more specific. Singer also said he had been a friend of Copley's since the late 1960s and that his wife, Judith Harris, was Copley's best friend. Singer said Harris and Copley were planning to prepare Thanksgiving dinner together.
"It's a great loss to this community," Singer said.
He called Copley's death "sudden and unexpected" and added that "the people in the emergency room did a great job, but the underlying cardiac problems prevented a full resuscitation."
Copley had a heart transplant in June 2005 at Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego when he was 53.
On Tuesday, he was rushed by ambulance to Scripps Memorial after his Aston Martin crashed into a parked car on Silverado Street near Eads Avenue at 6:15 p.m., authorities said.
Fire department spokesman Maurice Luque said police officers rushed to the scene from a rally calling for peace in the Middle East at the contemporary art museum — two blocks away — when they heard a crash.
They found Copley alone in the front seat of his Aston Martin, smashed a window and pulled him from the car, Luque said. Copley was unconscious and not breathing but police officers performed CPR and resuscitated him, and he was breathing with a heartbeat when he was taken to the hospital, Luque said.
San Diego police Officer David Stafford said he did not know the cause of the crash, but that it could have been a medical emergency.
Amanda Davis Wischkaemper, a pastor at the nearby Children's Ministries at St. James by-the-Sea Church, saw the aftermath but not the collision. While at work, she heard a crash and sirens soon after.
When she got outside, she saw a half-dozen people who appeared to be paramedics working to revive a man lying on his back on the street.
The middle-aged man did not appear to be breathing, and paramedics performed CPR, Wischkaemper said. The man was then put on a gurney and loaded into the ambulance.
She saw one car -- a dark green, four-door vehicle with a dent in the front hood.
Singer, who was visibly distraught at Scripps Memorial, spoke in front of a podium in front of the lobby and fielded a couple questions from the assembled media. He walked back into the hospital after about five minutes.
Douglas Manchester, who bought the U-T from private equity firm Platinum Equity about a year ago, said Tuesday night that "David was a sensitive and caring person who supported so many worthy causes and was taken from us way too soon. The entire San Diego community will miss him and the philanthropy that he and his family made possible for do many years."
The Copley name graces the Copley Symphony Hall in downtown, Copley Plaza in Balboa Park, the Copley Family YMCA in City Heights and the Copley Building at the Museum of Contemporary Art's downtown location.
In 2001, three years before his mother, Helen, died, David Copley was named publisher of the Union-Tribune Publishing Co. and chairman of Copley Press. Under Copley, the Union-Tribune won two Pulitzer Prizes but also began to cut costs through layoffs, buyouts and other measures.
Over the years, Copley funded Broadway musicals and Christo art installations. In 2008, he donated $6 million to UCLA to develop a center for costume design.
The next year, he sold the newspaper, ending his family's 81-year ownership.
=============================================
From Wikipedia
David C. Copley, was born 31 January 1952 in San Diego as David Hunt.
In 1965, Hunt's mother married James Copley, the owner of Copley Press, and later became owner herself. David then became the adopted son of Copley. James Copley was publisher of the family-owned Copley Press chain of some 20 newspapers and a wire service, the Copley News Service of Washington, DC. In May 2009 the company sold its remaining newspaper, the San Diego Union-Tribune Copley Press to a Beverly Hills investment firm.
A resident of the San Diego neighborhood of La Jolla, California, Copley has been named in Forbes Magazine's 2005 list of the 400 richest Americans and according to Forbes magazine is a billionaire. He underwent heart transplant surgery in June 2005 at Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego, California, later donating a reported $5 million to Sharp Healthcare, operator of the hospital.
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Facebook Memorial Page
Copley Foundation
David's Yacht - Happy Days
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Washington Post obituary
North County TIMES Opinion page
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LA JOLLA — David Copley, the former owner and publisher of The San Diego Union-Tribune, died after crashing his car less than a mile from his La Jolla home early Tuesday night, a friend announced at the hospital.
He was only 60. Never married.
Copley's family, whose name is synonymous with San Diego, owned the city's largest media company for more than eight decades before he sold it to a private equity firm in 2009.
Dr. Robert Singer, one of Copley's closest friends, announced Copley's death outside Scripps Memorial Hospital at 9:10 p.m., about three hours after the crash. Copley died at 8 p.m., the doctor said.
Singer called Copley "a gentle soul" and "a great San Diegan and beloved citizen of the world."
He said Copley apparently suffered a heart attack while driving his car. Copley had said he wasn't feeling well and left a board meeting for the nearby Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.
Singer praised Copley for his generosity in the community and said there were many contributions he made that he never put his name on, including one in Barrio Logan. He wasn't more specific. Singer also said he had been a friend of Copley's since the late 1960s and that his wife, Judith Harris, was Copley's best friend. Singer said Harris and Copley were planning to prepare Thanksgiving dinner together.
"It's a great loss to this community," Singer said.
He called Copley's death "sudden and unexpected" and added that "the people in the emergency room did a great job, but the underlying cardiac problems prevented a full resuscitation."
Copley had a heart transplant in June 2005 at Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego when he was 53.
On Tuesday, he was rushed by ambulance to Scripps Memorial after his Aston Martin crashed into a parked car on Silverado Street near Eads Avenue at 6:15 p.m., authorities said.
Fire department spokesman Maurice Luque said police officers rushed to the scene from a rally calling for peace in the Middle East at the contemporary art museum — two blocks away — when they heard a crash.
They found Copley alone in the front seat of his Aston Martin, smashed a window and pulled him from the car, Luque said. Copley was unconscious and not breathing but police officers performed CPR and resuscitated him, and he was breathing with a heartbeat when he was taken to the hospital, Luque said.
San Diego police Officer David Stafford said he did not know the cause of the crash, but that it could have been a medical emergency.
Amanda Davis Wischkaemper, a pastor at the nearby Children's Ministries at St. James by-the-Sea Church, saw the aftermath but not the collision. While at work, she heard a crash and sirens soon after.
When she got outside, she saw a half-dozen people who appeared to be paramedics working to revive a man lying on his back on the street.
The middle-aged man did not appear to be breathing, and paramedics performed CPR, Wischkaemper said. The man was then put on a gurney and loaded into the ambulance.
She saw one car -- a dark green, four-door vehicle with a dent in the front hood.
Singer, who was visibly distraught at Scripps Memorial, spoke in front of a podium in front of the lobby and fielded a couple questions from the assembled media. He walked back into the hospital after about five minutes.
Douglas Manchester, who bought the U-T from private equity firm Platinum Equity about a year ago, said Tuesday night that "David was a sensitive and caring person who supported so many worthy causes and was taken from us way too soon. The entire San Diego community will miss him and the philanthropy that he and his family made possible for do many years."
The Copley name graces the Copley Symphony Hall in downtown, Copley Plaza in Balboa Park, the Copley Family YMCA in City Heights and the Copley Building at the Museum of Contemporary Art's downtown location.
In 2001, three years before his mother, Helen, died, David Copley was named publisher of the Union-Tribune Publishing Co. and chairman of Copley Press. Under Copley, the Union-Tribune won two Pulitzer Prizes but also began to cut costs through layoffs, buyouts and other measures.
Over the years, Copley funded Broadway musicals and Christo art installations. In 2008, he donated $6 million to UCLA to develop a center for costume design.
The next year, he sold the newspaper, ending his family's 81-year ownership.
=============================================
From Wikipedia
David C. Copley, was born 31 January 1952 in San Diego as David Hunt.
In 1965, Hunt's mother married James Copley, the owner of Copley Press, and later became owner herself. David then became the adopted son of Copley. James Copley was publisher of the family-owned Copley Press chain of some 20 newspapers and a wire service, the Copley News Service of Washington, DC. In May 2009 the company sold its remaining newspaper, the San Diego Union-Tribune Copley Press to a Beverly Hills investment firm.
A resident of the San Diego neighborhood of La Jolla, California, Copley has been named in Forbes Magazine's 2005 list of the 400 richest Americans and according to Forbes magazine is a billionaire. He underwent heart transplant surgery in June 2005 at Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego, California, later donating a reported $5 million to Sharp Healthcare, operator of the hospital.
David C. Copley Center for the Study of Costume Design
Facebook Memorial Page
Copley Foundation
David's Yacht - Happy Days
LA TIMES articles about David
Washington Post obituary
North County TIMES Opinion page
====================================================
He was only 60. Never married.
Copley's family, whose name is synonymous with San Diego, owned the city's largest media company for more than eight decades before he sold it to a private equity firm in 2009.
Dr. Robert Singer, one of Copley's closest friends, announced Copley's death outside Scripps Memorial Hospital at 9:10 p.m., about three hours after the crash. Copley died at 8 p.m., the doctor said.
Singer called Copley "a gentle soul" and "a great San Diegan and beloved citizen of the world."
He said Copley apparently suffered a heart attack while driving his car. Copley had said he wasn't feeling well and left a board meeting for the nearby Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.
Singer praised Copley for his generosity in the community and said there were many contributions he made that he never put his name on, including one in Barrio Logan. He wasn't more specific. Singer also said he had been a friend of Copley's since the late 1960s and that his wife, Judith Harris, was Copley's best friend. Singer said Harris and Copley were planning to prepare Thanksgiving dinner together.
"It's a great loss to this community," Singer said.
He called Copley's death "sudden and unexpected" and added that "the people in the emergency room did a great job, but the underlying cardiac problems prevented a full resuscitation."
Copley had a heart transplant in June 2005 at Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego when he was 53.
On Tuesday, he was rushed by ambulance to Scripps Memorial after his Aston Martin crashed into a parked car on Silverado Street near Eads Avenue at 6:15 p.m., authorities said.
Fire department spokesman Maurice Luque said police officers rushed to the scene from a rally calling for peace in the Middle East at the contemporary art museum — two blocks away — when they heard a crash.
They found Copley alone in the front seat of his Aston Martin, smashed a window and pulled him from the car, Luque said. Copley was unconscious and not breathing but police officers performed CPR and resuscitated him, and he was breathing with a heartbeat when he was taken to the hospital, Luque said.
San Diego police Officer David Stafford said he did not know the cause of the crash, but that it could have been a medical emergency.
Amanda Davis Wischkaemper, a pastor at the nearby Children's Ministries at St. James by-the-Sea Church, saw the aftermath but not the collision. While at work, she heard a crash and sirens soon after.
When she got outside, she saw a half-dozen people who appeared to be paramedics working to revive a man lying on his back on the street.
The middle-aged man did not appear to be breathing, and paramedics performed CPR, Wischkaemper said. The man was then put on a gurney and loaded into the ambulance.
She saw one car -- a dark green, four-door vehicle with a dent in the front hood.
Singer, who was visibly distraught at Scripps Memorial, spoke in front of a podium in front of the lobby and fielded a couple questions from the assembled media. He walked back into the hospital after about five minutes.
Douglas Manchester, who bought the U-T from private equity firm Platinum Equity about a year ago, said Tuesday night that "David was a sensitive and caring person who supported so many worthy causes and was taken from us way too soon. The entire San Diego community will miss him and the philanthropy that he and his family made possible for do many years."
The Copley name graces the Copley Symphony Hall in downtown, Copley Plaza in Balboa Park, the Copley Family YMCA in City Heights and the Copley Building at the Museum of Contemporary Art's downtown location.
In 2001, three years before his mother, Helen, died, David Copley was named publisher of the Union-Tribune Publishing Co. and chairman of Copley Press. Under Copley, the Union-Tribune won two Pulitzer Prizes but also began to cut costs through layoffs, buyouts and other measures.
Over the years, Copley funded Broadway musicals and Christo art installations. In 2008, he donated $6 million to UCLA to develop a center for costume design.
The next year, he sold the newspaper, ending his family's 81-year ownership.
=============================================
From Wikipedia
David C. Copley, was born 31 January 1952 in San Diego as David Hunt.
In 1965, Hunt's mother married James Copley, the owner of Copley Press, and later became owner herself. David then became the adopted son of Copley. James Copley was publisher of the family-owned Copley Press chain of some 20 newspapers and a wire service, the Copley News Service of Washington, DC. In May 2009 the company sold its remaining newspaper, the San Diego Union-Tribune Copley Press to a Beverly Hills investment firm.
A resident of the San Diego neighborhood of La Jolla, California, Copley has been named in Forbes Magazine's 2005 list of the 400 richest Americans and according to Forbes magazine is a billionaire. He underwent heart transplant surgery in June 2005 at Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego, California, later donating a reported $5 million to Sharp Healthcare, operator of the hospital.
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Facebook Memorial Page
Copley Foundation
David's Yacht - Happy Days
LA TIMES articles about David
Washington Post obituary
North County TIMES Opinion page
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