Per a report in U-T San Diego, he skipped a reception at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego after chairing a board meeting there last night, saying that he wasn’t feeling well. He later crashed his Aston Martin into a parked car and it is suspected that he suffered a heart attack while at the wheel. Copley’s close friend Dr. Robert Singer announced the 60-year-old former newspaper man’s death in front of Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla at 9:10 p.m.

One of the first people to voice working memories of Copley is Karin Winner, a retired Union-Tribune editor who worked closely with him. Here’s what she told U-T- San Diego:

“David had an enormous capacity for humor and an uncanny ability to understand the bigger picture without having all the facts, which was a trait his mother had.”

continued…

New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.