Brett James, Grammy-Award Winning Songwriter, Dies In Plane Crash
Written by thesocialrealdeal@gmail.com on September 19, 2025
Brett James, the acclaimed songwriter who won a Grammy Award for his work on Carrie Underwood’s “Jesus, Take The Wheel,” has died in a plane crash. He was 57.
According to WLOS, James was on board a small plane that went down in Macon County near Franklin, North Carolina, around 3 p.m. EST on Thursday, Sept. 18.
None of the three passengers on board survived, authorities say. The FAA reports that the aircraft was registered to Brett Cornelius of Brentwood, Tennessee; the artist’s full name is Brett James Cornelius.
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