Kyle Jacobs, songwriter and husband of singer Kellie Pickler, dies at 49

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Raquel Welch, star of 'Fantastic Voyage', has died at the age of 82, her representative confirmed on February 15.

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Carlos Saura passed away on February 10 in Madrid at the age of 91.

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Burt Bacharach died at age 94 on February 9.

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Melinda Dillon, an Oscar nominee who starred in films including "A Christmas Story" and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," has died at the age of 83, according to an obituary posted by a cremation service in Long Beach, California.

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Iconic Spanish designer Paco Rabanne died at the age of 88 on February 3.

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Lisa Loring, best known as the first actress to play Wednesday (Merlina) Addams in the original comedy "The Addams Family," died at age 64 on Saturday, January 28, her daughter confirmed.

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Actress Annie Wersching died of cancer on January 29, her publicist Craig Schneider told CNN.

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Tom Verlaine, a founding member of the influential New York Television punk band, died on January 28 at age 73 "after a brief illness," reported Jesse Paris Smith.

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Actress Gina Lollobrigida, legend of the Italian small screen, died at the age of 95 on January 16, 2023. Lollobrigida starred in Bread, Love and Dreams, The Wayward Woman and Woman from Rome.

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Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis Presley, died on January 12 after suffering a cardiac arrest.

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Tatjana Patitz, who rose to fashion fame in the 1990s as an animal-loving supermodel with piercing eyes, died of cancer on Wednesday, January 11.

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Carole Cook, a remembered actress and Broadway star, has died, her agent Robert Malcolm said in a statement.

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Jeff Beck, legendary rock guitarist, died in January 2023, according to a statement posted on his official social media accounts.

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Cardinal George Pell, the highest-ranking Catholic official to be convicted of child sexual abuse before his 2020 acquittal, died Jan. 10 at age 81.

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Constantine II, the last king of Greece, died at the age of 82 on January 10.

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Adam Rich, an actor who rose to fame as a child playing the youngest member of the Bradford family, Nicholas, on the television drama "Eight Is Enough," died Jan. 8 at age 54, according to the county medical examiner. of the Angels.

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Italian soccer great Gianluca Vialli died at the age of 58 on January 6 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

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Marcio Freire, legendary Brazilian surfer (shown in this photo on the right wearing a white necklace), died on January 5 riding giant waves in Nazaré, Portugal.

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Walter Cunningham, a retired NASA astronaut who piloted the first flight in the space agency's famed Apollo program, died on January 3.

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Fred White, drummer for the classic 1970s band Earth, Wind & Fire, died on January 2, according to an Instagram post by his older brother and former bandmate, Verdine White.

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With the band, White won six Grammy Awards and was nominated a total of 13 times.

In the year 2000, Earth, Wind & Fire was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

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Art McNally, the "father of instant replay" and the first game official to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, died Jan. 1 at age 97.

(CNN) --

Kyle Jacobs, country music producer and songwriter, died Friday, according to Nashville police.

Along with his wife, singer Kellie Pickler, Jacobs had starred in a CMT docuseries.

He was 49 years old.

Jacobs died by an apparent suicide at his Nashville home, according to authorities.

CNN has reached out to Pickler's representatives for comment.

According to the Nashville Department of Emergency Communications, a 911 call was received at 1:21 p.m. local time this Friday.

Nashville Fire Department officers and personnel responded to the home of Pickler and Jacobs, located on Sneed Road.

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Pickler told police she had woken up a few minutes earlier, didn't see her husband, and started looking for him, according to a police statement.

After she and a personal assistant were unable to open the upstairs bedroom/office door, the assistant called authorities, the statement added.

Jacobs, a music producer, has worked with artists such as Garth Brooks, Kelly Clarkson, Darius Rucker and Tim McGraw.

He often shared updates about his music collaborations on Instagram.

“One of my favorite things as a songwriter is writing songs with beautiful hearts in beautiful places,” he shared in a 2021 post.

Pickler is known for her appearance on season 5 of "American Idol," which helped launch her career as an artist and television personality.

Jacobs starred with Pickler in the documentary comedy series "I Love Kellie Pickler," which debuted in 2015 and proved to be a ratings hit for CMT.

It ran for three seasons.

In a 2015 interview about his reality show, Jacobs said he was more used to being behind the scenes than in front of the camera, but was comfortable collaborating with his wife on the project.

“I'm just going to be me and be with my wife and just be us,” Jacobs said.

Call 1-800-273-8255 in the US to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.

Provides free and confidential assistance 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for people in suicidal or distressed crises.

You can learn more about their services here, including their guide on what to do if you see suicidal signs on social media.

You can also call 1-800-273-8255 to talk to someone about how you can help someone in crisis.

Call 1-866-488-7386 for TrevorLifeline, a suicide prevention counseling service for the LGBTQ community.

For assistance outside the US, the International Association for Suicide Prevention provides a global directory of international resources and hotlines.

You can also turn to Befrienders Worldwide.

See here where to seek help in Latin American countries and Spain.

CNN's Paradise Afshar contributed to this report.