LaShawn Daniels, Grammy-winning songwriter behind Say My Name, dies aged 41

Daniels, who had written songs for Beyonce, Lady Gaga and Whitney Houston, was killed in a car crash in South Carolina

The Grammy award-winning songwriter LaShawn Daniels has been killed in a car crash in South Carolina at the age of 41, his wife said.

Tributes are being been paid to the songwriter, who has written tracks for artists including Beyonce, Lady Gaga and Michael Jackson. Daniels won the Grammy for best R&B song in 2001 for Destiny’s Child hit single Say My Name, and was nominated again in the same category in 2014 for Tamar Braxton’s Love and War.

Other songwriting credits include Whitney Houston’s It’s Not Right But It’s Okay, Jackson’s You Rock My World and Lady Gaga and Beyonce’s Telephone.

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