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The country music world was rocked Thursday by the news that beloved singer-songwriter Brett James was killed in a small plane crash in North Carolina. <\/p>\n
James, a Grammy-winning songwriter and a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, was in a plane that went down near an elementary school in Franklin, North Carolina. <\/p>\n
\u201cA Cirrus SR22T crashed in a field in Franklin, North Carolina, around 3 p.m. local time on Thursday, Sept. 18,\u201d the FAA shared in a statement. \u201cThree people were on board. THE FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate. The NTSB will be in charge of the investigation and will provide further updates.\u201d<\/p>\n
The news spread quickly and folks turned out on social media to express their heartbreak in the wake of his death. <\/p>\n
\u201cBrett James died today,\u201d Alison Bonaguro wrote on X. \u201cI am still in a state of shock. Nashville lost one of its very best \u2014 and most humble \u2014 songwriters in history (heartbreak emoji).\u201d<\/p>\n
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers noted that James was a two-time ASCAP Country Songwriter of the year. <\/p>\n
\u201cBrett was a trusted collaborator to country\u2019s greatest names and a true advocate for songwriters,\u201d a statement from the organization on X read. \u201cWe miss him dearly.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fox 17 reported<\/b> <\/a>that the plane\u2019s tail number was N218VB and that it was registered to James out of Brentwood, Tennessee. The station said the plane took off out of John C Tune Airport in Nashville. <\/p>\n The NTSB said an investigator was slated to be on scene on Friday and that additional information might be available then. <\/p>\n The Nashville Songwriters Association International account on Facebook posted, \u201cThe NSAI family is stunned by the death of board member and legendary songwriter Brett James. The loss is profound.\u201d<\/p>\n James, 57, began his career as a solo artist in 1995, and charted three singles that year. But he became best known for his ability as a songwriter with 494 songs being recorded by other artists. He is perhaps best known for writing Carrie Underwood\u2019s 2006 number-one hit, \u201cJesus, Take the Wheel.\u201d He has also written songs for the likes of Martina McBride, Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney and Rodney Atkins. <\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.pennlive.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The country music world was rocked Thursday by the news that beloved singer-songwriter Brett James was killed in a small plane crash in North Carolina. James, a Grammy-winning songwriter and a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, was in a plane that went down near an elementary school in Franklin, North Carolina. \u201cA […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2036705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2036705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2036705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2036705\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2036705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2036705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2036705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}