Kyle Jacobs’ cause of death has been confirmed as regards to 3 months after his passing.
An autopsy checklist purchased by the use of Taste of Country came upon that the musician had died by the use of suicide. His partner, fellow singer-songwriter Kellie Pickler, and her assistant discovered Jacobs’ body at the couple’s Nashville space.
The checklist well-known that Jacobs, 49, died of a “self-inflicted shotgun wound” and that no medication have been in his device at the time of his death. Then again, the checklist said he had “a history of pseudoseizures, gastrointestinal bleeding, larger liver enzymes, and protracted alcohol use.”
A Minnesota native, Jacobs was once the co-writer of Garth Brooks’ record-breaking smash “Further Than a Memory,” which in 2007 was once the principle tune to debut at No. 1 on Billboard’s Sizzling Country Songs chart. The Grammy nominee moreover co-wrote “8th International Marvel,” which turned into a good fortune for “American Idol” finalist Kimberley Locke in 2004.
A couple of of Jacobs’ other collaborators built-in Kelly Clarkson and Tim McGraw. His final Instagram publish, shared merely two days previous than his death, stated the success of country artist Lee Brice’s most recent album, “Hi there International,” that incorporates a variety of songs Jacobs had co-written.
Pickler rose to reputation in 2006 as a contestant on the Season 5 of “American Idol,” where she finished in fifth place. Since then, she’s introduced 4 studio albums, and in 2013, she and dance partner Derek Hough won the 16th season of “Dancing with the Stars.”
She and Jacobs began courting in 2008 and have been married in an intimate Caribbean ceremony about 3 years later. In 2015, the couple seemed together on “I Love Kellie Pickler,” a CMT reality assortment.
