'Jesus, Take the Wheel' songwriter dies in plane crash in North Carolina | NYGazet

Friends and co-artists remember the Grammy-winning writer as "a songwriting force of nature".

Grammy-winning songwriter Brett James, best known for co-writing the 2005 hit song Jesus Take the Wheel, has died in a plane crash in North Carolina. James, 57, was one of the three people aboard a single-engine Cirrus SR22T when it went down "under ... [1743 chars]