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Brett James, who co-wrote Carrie Underwood’s “Jesus Take the Wheel,” was killed in a North Carolina plane crash Thursday

James and two others died when his aircraft crashed near Franklin, N.C., under unknown circumstances, federal authorities say

Singer-songwriter Brett James, who penned country music hits for stars including Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney and Jason Aldean, was one of three people who died Thursday in a plane crash in North Carolina. He was 57.

The Federal Aviation Administration announced in its preliminary report that three people were on board in a Cirrus SR22T that “crashed in a field” Thursday at around 3 p.m. local time in Franklin, N.C. There were no sur

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