Kellie Dawn Pickler is an American country music singer, songwriter, and television personality. Pickler gained fame as a contestant on the fifth season of American Idol and finished in sixth place. In 2006, she signed with 19 Recordings and BNA Records as a recording artist. Her debut album, Small Town Girl, was released later that year and has sold over 900,000 copies.
The album, which was certified gold by the RIAA, produced three singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts: “Red High Heels” at No. 15, “I Wonder” at No. 14, and “Things That Never Cross a Man’s Mind” at No. 16.
How did Kyle Jacobs pass away?
Kyle Jacobs, American country musician, and Kellie Pickler’s husband died from an apparent suicide in a home on Friday afternoon, according to police. WSMV reports officers responded to the home and found the 49-year-old dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in an upstairs bedroom/office.
Metropolitan Nashville Police said Jacobs’s death is being investigated as an apparent suicide. Pickler reported that she awoke Friday afternoon, did not see her husband, and began looking for him. Police said when Pickler and her assistant were not able to open the door to the bedroom/office, the assistant called 911.
