Culver and his wife Karen were killed in the crash of ValuJet Flight 592 on May 11 , 1996 . The Culvers are survived by their two daughters , at the time of the crash ages 2 ( Briana ) and 14 months ( Jada ) . A settlement was reached with the airline ValuJet , which paid Culver 's family $ 28 million
ValuJet Flight 592
ValuJet Flight 592
Rodney Culver