Kyle Jacobs (songwriter)
{{short description|American singer-songwriter (1973–2023)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Kyle Jacobs
| image = Kyle Jacobs 25 Dec. 2016 CJCS USO Holiday Tour PT. 2 161225-D-PB383-061 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Jacobs in 2016
| birth_date = {{birth date|1973|06|26}}
| birth_place = Bloomington, Minnesota, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|2|17|1973|06|26}}
| death_place = Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
| television = I Love Kellie Pickler
| spouse = {{marriage|Kellie Pickler|2011}}
}}
Kyle Christopher Jacobs (June 26, 1973 – February 17, 2023) was an American country music songwriter, vocalist, guitarist, pianist, as well as a staff writer for Curb Music from 2003 until his death in February 2023. Jacobs wrote music on piano and guitar.[http://www.melesongwriters.org/?q=node/30 Second Annual MELE Songwriters Workshop Presenters. melesongwriters.org. Music Entertainment Learning Experience, University of Hawaii Honolulu Community College, n.d. Web. 23 June 2010] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901033431/http://www.melesongwriters.org/?q=node%2F30 |date=September 1, 2010 }} His hometown was Bloomington, Minnesota.Kellie Pickler appearance on Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, November 14, 2013
Jacobs was the co-writer on Garth Brooks' single, "More Than a Memory", which became the first song to debut at number one on Billboard's Country Singles chart. In addition to sharing author rights of Kimberley Locke's Top 10 hit, "8th World Wonder", Jacobs' songs have been recorded by artists such as Trace Adkins, Jo Dee Messina, Craig Morgan,"News and Media: ASCAP Writers' Night Series Features Guest Writer Kyle Jacobs." Belmont University Blog Server. N.p., October 5, 2007. Web. June 23, 2010.
Jacobs starred alongside Kellie Pickler in the CMT reality series I Love Kellie Pickler.
Personal life and death
On June 23, 2010, country music star Kellie Pickler announced her engagement to Jacobs,{{Cite news|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebritynews/news/idols-kellie-pickler-is-engaged-2010236|title=Idol's Kellie Pickler Is Engaged!|publisher=UsMagazine.com}} who proposed to her after two and a half years of dating on June 15, 2010, her late grandmother's birthday,Derschowitz, Jessica. "Kyle Jacobs and Kellie Picker are Engaged." CBS News. N.p., June 23, 2010. Web. June 23, 2010.<[https://web.archive.org/web/20100626055516/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-20008621-10391698.html]>. while on a beach at sunset. Pickler and Jacobs were married on January 1, 2011.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/kellie-pickler-kyle-jacobs-have-a-surprise-wedding/|title=Kellie Pickler & Kyle Jacobs Have a Surprise Wedding|work=People}} Jacobs was also part of the founding of UTEC (United Teens Encounter Christ) in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota where he played in the music team.
Jacobs died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound{{Cite web |last=Hume |first=Ashley |date=February 17, 2023 |title=Kellie Pickler's husband Kyle Jacobs dead at 49 after apparent suicide: police |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/kellie-picklers-husband-kyle-jacobs-dead-apparent-suicide-police |access-date=February 18, 2023 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}} in Nashville, Tennessee, on February 17, 2023{{Cite web |last=Shafer |first=Ellise |date=February 18, 2023 |title=Kellie Pickler's Husband Kyle Jacobs Identified as Man Found Dead at Singer's House |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/kellie-pickler-house-man-dead-suicide-1235527221/ |access-date=February 18, 2023 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} at age 49.{{Cite web |title=Kellie Pickler's Husband Kyle Jacobs Identified as Man Found Dead at Singer's House |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/kellie-pickler-husband-kyle-jacobs-002751515.html |access-date=February 18, 2023 |website=www.yahoo.com |date=February 18, 2023 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Kellie Pickler's husband Kyle Jacobs dead by suicide in Nashville home |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/snyde/ny-kellie-pickler-husband-kyle-jacobs-dead-suicide-20230218-ejwptk475bbkhg5yghkwnx7oxy-story.html |access-date=February 18, 2023 |website=New York Daily News|date=February 17, 2023 }}
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Category:American country songwriters
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