LaShawn Daniels Grammy-winning songwriter dies in car crash

LaShawn Daniels who penned songs for Beyoncé, Whitney Houston and Lady Gaga has died. He was 41. Daniels’ wife April said in a statement that her husband died in a car accident Tuesday in South Carolina. He earned a Grammy in 2001 for his songwriting work on Destiny Child’s “Say My Name.”

He also contributed on Beyoncé’s “Telephone,” Jennifer Lopez’s “If You Had My Love” and Michael Jackson’s “You Rock My World.” His wife, April Daniels, called her husband a “man of extraordinary faith and a pillar in our family.”