Kyle Jacobs and Kellie Pickler in 2016.Photo: Slaven Vlasic/Getty
Kellie Pickler’s husband has died in what authorities believe is a suicide. He was 49.
The Nashville Police Department confirms in a statement shared with PEOPLE that the Department of Emergency Communications was alerted to a home on Friday at 1:21 p.m. local time.
Police and the Nashville Fire Department arrived at the location and found the songwriter “deceased from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound,” they said in the statement.
“His death is being investigated as an apparent suicide.”
Thecountry singer and SiriusXM’sThe Highwayhost, 36, told authorities that she woke up shortly before but couldn’t find Jacobs. She and her personal assistant called the police after they couldn’t open the door to a room in the house, according to the statement.
In his final Instagram post shared the day before his death,Jacobs celebrated a career winand shared a photo that announcedLee Brice’sHey Worldbecoming certified platinum.
“Platinum?! SWEEEET!!! An amazing crew of incredibly talented peeps put this one together…Deeply honored to be a creative part of it…Thank you Jesus!!!” he captioned the special moment.
Jacobs relocatedfrom Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Nashville in 2000, according to Music City Hitmakers.
He notably penned Garth Brooks' 2007 hit “More Than Memory and Tim McGraw’s “Still.”
Jacobs had also worked with well-known artists likeKelly Clarkson,Randy Travis,Scotty McCreery, Josh Kelley and Clay Walker.
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Throughout his career, Jacobs won a CMA Award, an ACM Award, and was nominated for a Grammy Award.
Pickler and Jacobs wedin a surprise ceremony on Jan. 1, 2011.
The couple, who had been dating since 2008,got engagedon June 15, 2010, when Jacobs popped the question on a Florida beach.
Days after getting married, Pickler tweeted, “Private Island. Caribbean. Cigar in one hand, Rum in the other. Someone just called me “Mrs. Jacobs."….sounds nice :)”
source: people.com
