David Olney Dies On Stage During His Performance

David Olney died Saturday night during a performance onstage at a Florida music festival, Variety reported. He was 71.

Olney, who was playing at the 30A Songwriters Festival in Santa Rosa Beach, stopped during the middle of one of his songs and dropped his head, the website reported. According to his website, Olney died of an apparent heart attack.

Olney, a Nashville-based musician, has had songs recorded by Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris, The Tennessean reported. He was performing next to Amy Rigby and Scott Miller on Saturday at The Boathouse at WaterColor. Rigby described what happened in a Facebook post Sunday.

“I was sitting next to him in the round, had been so honored and looking forward to getting to trade songs with him and Scott Miller,” Rigby wrote. “Olney was in the middle of his third song when he stopped, apologized and shut his eyes.”