(L.A.) Robert Cox, 54, Died on Catalina Island

Case Number: 2026-05887

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 54-year-old White/Caucasian male that occurred on Catalina Island.

The coroner’s office identified the man as Robert Cox.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Blunt-Force Trauma

RIP ROBERT COX ( April 9, 2026)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Thursday afternoon.

The government investigator had initially given the decedent’s place of death as a botanical garden. The decedent and his companion Daniel Sarner were in a small two-seater plane that crashed into a ravine south of Wrigley Memorial & Botanical Garden.

Note that there are multiple decedents named “Robert Cox” in public records.

(L.A.) Daniel Sarner, 51, Died on a Plane