Grammy-winning songwriter Brett James died following a plane crash on Thursday. James, 57, was with his partner, Melody Wilson, 59, and her daughter, Meryl Maxwell Wilson, when the aircraft went down ...

According to WLOS, James, 57, was among those who died tragically on Thursday, Sept. 18 in a small-engine plane crash near Franklin, North Carolina around 3 p.m. ET. The FAA reported that the aircraft ...

Brett James, the songwriter behind Carrie Underwood's Grammy-winning hit "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 ...

Grammy award-winning country songwriter Brett James, whose string of top hits includes “Jesus Take the Wheel” by Carrie Underwood and “When The Sun Goes Down” by Kenny Chesney, died in a plane crash ...

Country music hitmaker Brett James, the man behind Carrie Underwood's iconic "Jesus, Take the Wheel," died Thursday in a plane crash in North Carolina. He was 57. The plane, owned by James, carried ...

Macon County officials told WLOS that a single-engine airplane crash near an elementary school and no one on board survived.

Country music songwriter Brett James, who was best known for penning hit songs such as Carrie Underwood’s “Jesus Take the Wheel” and Kenny Chesney’s “When the Sun Goes Down,” has died in a plane crash ...

Grammy award-winning country songwriter Brett James, whose string of top hits includes “Jesus, Take the Wheel” by Carrie Underwood and "When the Sun Goes Down” by Kenny Chesney, died in a plane crash ...

FILE - Musician Brett James and his wife Sandy appear at a pre-CMA Awards event in Nashville, Tenn., on Nov. 5, 2006. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen, File) Grammy award-winning country songwriter Brett ...

The music community is mourning the loss of Brett James, a celebrated songwriter and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee, after he died in a small-engine airplane crash. He was 57. The ...