Oscar-winning Titanic composer James Horner is killed in plane crash: Tributes for the 'unbelievable talent' behind many famous movie scores

• Plane registered to Titanic composer crashed in California on Monday  
• Horner's assistant, Sylvia Patrycja, confirmed his death in Facebook post saying 'he died doing what he loved'
• Horner won two Oscars for his work on Titanic, and frequently collaborated with the film's director, James Cameron
• He was 61 and lived with his wife Sarah and two daughters in Calabasas
  

Oscar winner James Horner has been killed after crashing his single-engine plane in Southern California on Monday morning.

Ventura County fire spokesman Mike Lindbery said the crash happened around 9.30am in the Los Padres National Forest, with the Federal Aviation Administration adding that the plane was an S-312 Tucano MK1 turbo-prop with two seats and that the debris was spread across an acre of land. 

Crews extinguished a fire that erupted in vegetation after the plane became engulfed in flames upon impact, about 100 miles northwest of Los Angeles.

Horner, a husband and father of two, was later confirmed dead by one of his employees.

 Tragedy: A plane registered to Titanic composer James Horner (above at the 2012 Golden Globes for Avatar with left to right Zoe Saldana, Sam Worthington, Jon Landau, Horner, James Cameron and Sigourney Weaver) crashed in California on Monday morning

Debris from the crash - a fire erupted in vegetation after the plane became engulfed in flames upon impact

Debris was spread across an acre of land after the S-312 Tucano MK1 turbo-prop with two seats crashed

Horner's assistant, Sylvia Patrycja, confirmed that it was the beloved composer who died in the tragic accident.

'We have lost an amazing person with a huge heart, and unbelievable talent,' Patrycja wrote on Facebook. 

'He died doing what he loved. Thank you for all your support and love and see you down the road.' 

Jay Cooper, an attorney for Horner, said the plane was one of several owned by the 61-year-old composer.  

Horner’s representatives have not commented on the issue.

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