Brett James, Jesus Take the Wheel and songwriter
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Brett James, the Grammy-winning songwriter known for Carrie Underwood's 2005 smash "Jesus, Take the Wheel" and Kenny Chesney's "When the Sun Goes Down," died Thursday in a small-engine 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.