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A pilot who died when his twin-engine Cessna crashed into a Claremont home last weekend was identified Tuesday as Steve Kaplan, an award-winning film and television composer whose music was featured on "Jeopardy!" and "Wheel of Fortune."
Kaplan, 45, of Malibu, died Sunday evening while attempting an emergency landing.
A 25-year veteran of the music industry, he was on his way to Etiwanda High School in Rancho Cucamonga to rehearse with the school's jazz bands for a winter concert.
Residents of the home that was struck escaped injury, but the structure was destroyed.
Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board were still looking into the cause of the crash, but said they had found signs of "fatigue failure"...