by: Randy Dotinga | Voice of San Diego

David C. Copley, the son of two newspaper moguls who led what often seemed to be a difficult life in the spotlight and finally sold his treasured San Diego Union-Tribune in 2009, died last night at the age of 60.

Copley died after a car accident near his home in La Jolla, the U-T reports. He may have suffered a medical emergency that prompted a collision with a parked car.