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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Greg Evans

Fellow musicians mourn ‘profound’ loss of Grammy winner Brett James

Brett James
  • American singer-songwriter Brett James, a Grammy award winner known for writing Carrie Underwood's "Jesus, Take the Wheel", has died at 57.
  • He was reportedly on board a small-engine plane that crashed in Macon County near Franklin, North Carolina, on Thursday.
  • The plane, a Cirrus SR22T registered to James, departed from Nashville, Tennessee, with three people on board; the National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the incident.
  • James was a prolific songwriter, penning over 300 songs for major artists and winning two Grammy awards for "Jesus, Take the Wheel" in 2007.
  • Tributes have poured in from the Nashville Songwriters Association International, the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, and fellow musicians, mourning the "profound" loss of the 2020 Hall of Fame inductee.

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Brett James death: Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter dies in plane crash, aged 57

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