Bruce Jackson, Sound Pioneer, Dies in Plane Crash

Bruce Jackson, the Australia-born sound engineer and product innovator was killed in a airplane accident on January 29. He was alone on board, flying a plane that crashed about six miles from Furnace Creek, Death Valley National Park, California.,

Jackson was a founder of Jands, which eventually became Australia's largest lighting and sound company. Moving to the US, he joined Clair Bros, for whom he mixed Elvis Presley's live appearances. Starting in 1978, he spent ten years mixing for Bruce Springsteen. Around this time, he also helped to found Apogee Electronics Corporation. More recently, he was senior vice president of research at Lake Technology. He also served as Barbra Streisand's sound engineer for ten years, and was audio director for the 2000 Sydney Olympics opening and closing ceremonies - a task he repeated in Vancouver last year.

Lighting&Sound America will provide updates about a memorial service when an announcement is made.