Jesus, Take Wheel songwriter Brett James dies in plane crash
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Songwriter Brett James, who penned hits for country stars including Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney and Jason Aldean, dies in a plane crash in North Carolina.
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 Songwriters Hall of Fame announced in a Facebook post.