Grammy-Winning Songwriter Brett James Dies in North Carolina Plane Crash
Brett James, the Grammy Award-winning songwriter behind some of country music’s biggest hits, was killed Thursday when his private plane crashed in western North Carolina. He was 57. Authorities said James was piloting a Cirrus SR22T when it went down around 3:00 p.m. near Iotla Valley Elementary School in Franklin, about 130 miles west of…