Grammy Award-winning country music songwriter Brett James was flying on his private jet with his new wife and her 28-year-old daughter, who had just celebrated her birthday, when the plane crashed and ...

The Grammy-winning songwriter perished with his wife and her daughter in a plane crash on Sept. 18 Brett James' final Instagram posts featured photos with his family The Grammy-winning songwriter, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Brett James has died at age 57 after his private plane crashed in North Carolina. His new wife, Melody Wilson, 59, and her daughter, Meryl Maxwell Wilson, 28, were reportedly also passengers on the ...

Brett James’ poignant final Instagram posts featured his loved ones. The singer, 57, was killed in a plane crash in North Carolina while travelling with his wife, 55-year-old Melody Carole Wilson, and ...

Brett James was an established country singer-songwriter ahead of his tragic death in a September 2025 plane crash. “I turned 50 last year, and I had one of those birthday epiphanies. I thought, ‘I’d ...

It took Kenny Chesney the better part of a week to muster up the strength to pay public tribute to his songwriting partner and close friend Brett James. James died last Thursday (Sept. 18) in a ...

"Brett was the epitome of 'cool,'" Underwood wrote of James, with whom she frequently collaborated, after he died this week in a small plane crash. Carrie Underwood is opening up about her friendship ...