Question: In what state did the guitarist whose guitar The Demon V was based on die?

Context articles: Stanley Jordan
Craig Sharmat
William Tucker (musician)
René Hall
Randy Rhoads
Epiphone Demon V
Wild Jimmy Spruill
Shantanu Arora
Craig Ogden
Retroglide (album)

Stanley Jordan (born July 31, 1959) is an American jazz guitarist whose technique involves tapping his fingers on the fretboard of the guitar with both hands.
Craig Sharmat (born October 8, 1957) is an American musician.
 He composes music for television and film and is an accomplished guitarist whose work has been noticed in the Smooth Jazz charts.
 He has scored a wide variety of reality TV shows, TV animation, television commercials, and documentary movies.
 He has also played guitar on thousands of cues and backed up a number of commercial artists as guitarist and or arranger.
 He released his first jazz single in 2009, "So Cal Drivin"; the album of the same name was released later that year.
 His second album, "Outside In", contains the song "Ease Up", which reached number two on the Billboard Smooth Jazz chart.
William Tucker (1961 – May 14, 1999) was a guitarist whose credits included work with Ministry, My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, Pigface, Chemlab, and Chris Connelly.
 He grew up in New Jersey where he formed Regressive Aid with Andrew Weiss and Sim Cain (both later of Gone and the Rollins Band).
 He also taught the guitar to locals, one of whom was Mickey "Dean Ween" Melchiondo of the popular alternative band Ween.
René Joseph Hall (September 26, 1912 ‒ February 11, 1988) was an American musician, performer, and music arranger whose guitar and arrangements can be heard on hundreds of enduring rock and roll and R&B recordings released by many of America's most notable labels including Aladdin, Decca, Motown, and RCA Records.
 His best-known recording was the instrumental "Twitchy", which featured a single-string guitar ("Unitar") lead played by Willie Joe Duncan, the instrument's inventor.
Randall William Rhoads (December 6, 1956 – March 19, 1982) was an American heavy metal guitarist who played with Ozzy Osbourne and Quiet Riot.
 A devoted student of classical guitar, Rhoads combined his classical music influences with his own heavy metal style.
 He died in a plane accident while on tour with Osbourne in Florida in 1982.
 Despite his short career, Rhoads, who was a major influence on neoclassical metal, is cited as an influence by many guitarists and is included in several "Greatest Guitarist" lists.
The Demon V was an electric guitar manufactured by Epiphone from 2001 through 2002.
 It was part of the short-lived "E-Series", which was composed of updated versions and so called "extreme" versions of popular Gibson & Epiphone guitars.
 The Demon V was based loosely on the Jackson Randy Rhoads guitar, with offset wings, and featured a first for Epiphone: a string-thru body.
James Edgar Spruill (June 9, 1934 – February 3, 1996), also known as Wild Jimmy Spruill, was an American New York based session guitarist, whose guitar solos featured on many rhythm and blues and pop hits of the 1950s and 1960s.
Shantanu Arora (born 15 November 1985) is an Indian vocalist and guitarist whose songs have been featured mainly in Hindi and English, who is based out of New Delhi.
 He learnt the guitar at the age of 8, going on to formal training at the age of 12.
 He gave his first vocal stage performance when he was 10.
Craig Ogden is an Australian classical guitarist whose albums have topped the UK classical charts.
 He is Principal Lecturer in Guitar at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, UK.
Retroglide (released 18 September 2006) is a studio album by the British rock/pop/fusion group Level 42.
 It was released 12 years after their previous album and reached the UK Top 80.
 It is a mix of electronica with Level 42's traditional blend of funk and pop.
 The album is notable for featuring songs written by Boon Gould, the band's original guitarist (whose guitar is featured on "Ship") and bassist/vocalist Mark King.