Brett James Cornelius, a Grammy-winning songwriter known for penning hundreds of pop and country songs, including Carrie Underwood’s 2005 chart-topping hit “Jesus Take The Wheel,” died on Sept. 18 after a small plane he was traveling in crashed in Macon County, North Carolina. He was 57.
The Cirrus SR22T went down at around 3 p.m. local time in a field adjacent to the Macon County Airport in Franklin, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) stated in a preliminary report. Two other individuals aboard the plane were pronounced dead at the scene.
