Brett James, the Grammy Award-winning songwriter known for megahit “Jesus, Take the Wheel,” has died in a small-engine plane crash. He was 57. James was one of three people on board a Cirrus SR22T ...

Nashville songwriter Brett James died on Sept. 18 in a small-engine plane crash that took place in Franklin, North Carolina. He was 57 years old. James, a Columbia, Missouri native, was a Grammy Award ...

Brett James, the Grammy Award-winning songwriter behind some of country music’s biggest hits, including “Jesus Take the Wheel” and “I Hold On,” was killed in a plane crash in North Carolina on ...

Brett James, the Grammy-winning Nashville singer-songwriter who wrote the Carrie Underwood chart-topper “Jesus, Take the Wheel” and many other hits, died Thursday in a North Carolina plane crash. He ...

Brett James, the Grammy-winning songwriter behind Carrie Underwood’s country hit “Jesus, Take the Wheel,” is dead at 57. He was “killed in a small-engine airplane crash” on September 19, the Nashville ...

He had written hits for Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney and other country stars. Two other people on the plane were also killed when it crashed into a field in Franklin, N.C., officials said. By John ...

The other two victims of a plane crash that killed songwriter Brett James have been identified. Multiple news outlets (including the New York Times) are reporting that Melody Carole and Meryl Maxwell ...

Brett James, one of the writers behind Carrie Underwood's "Jesus, Take the Wheel" died in a North Carolina plane crash on Sept. 18.

Grammy-winning songwriter Brett James, known for penning hits including Carrie Underwood’s “Jesus, Take the Wheel,” died in a plane crash on Thursday, according to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of ...