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Country music fans are mourning the loss of Grammy-winning songwriter Brett James, who died in a plane crash in North Carolina, officials confirmed Friday. He was 57.

James’ lengthy songwriting credits include Carrie Underwood’s hit “Jesus, Take the Wheel.”

The small plane with three people aboard crashed Thursday afternoon “under unknown circumstances” in the woods near Franklin, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a preliminary report. There were no survivors, the North Carolina State Highway Patrol said.

James was on a Cirrus SR22T, which was registered to him under his legal name of Brett James Cornelius, according to information provided by the FAA. It was not known if he was the pilot. The North Carolina State Highway Patr

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