Songwriter Brett James, Grammy recipient and Carrie Underwood collaborator, dies at 57.
Tragic Plane Crash Claims Life of Brett James Grammy-winning songwriter Brett James, a 2020 Hall of Fame inductee, died in a small-engine plane crash near a school in North Carolina on September 18, 2025. James, 57, was one of three victims. Flight data shows the single-engine plane had departed from Nashville. The Nashville Songwriters Hall … Read more