Brandon Blackstock, Kelly Clarkson’s ex-husband, expertise agent and her former supervisor, died at his dwelling in Butte, Mont., after a battle with most cancers, his household introduced on Aug. 7. He was 48.
The kind of most cancers was not initially disclosed. However a coroner instructed Folks journal that the reason for demise was melanoma, a type of pores and skin most cancers.
“It’s with nice unhappiness that we share the information that Brandon Blackstock has handed away,” a consultant for his household mentioned in a press release to a number of information retailers. “Brandon bravely battled most cancers for greater than three years. He handed away peacefully and was surrounded by household. We thanks on your ideas and prayers and ask everybody to respect the household’s privateness throughout this very tough time.”
The announcement of his demise got here a day after Clarkson revealed that she was suspending the remaining August dates of her Las Vegas residency attributable to Blackstock’s sickness.
“Sadly, I have to postpone the rest of the August Studio Session dates in Las Vegas,” Clarkson introduced in a submit on Instagram. “Whereas I usually hold my private life personal, this previous yr, my youngsters’s father has been sick and at this second, I must be absolutely current for them.”
Clarkson and Blackstock on the CMT Music Awards in 2018. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic through Getty Pictures)
Clarkson and Blackstock married in 2013. The couple had two youngsters collectively: River Rose, their 11-year-old daughter, and Remy Alexander, their 9-year-old son. Blackstock additionally had two youngsters from a earlier marriage. In accordance with Folks journal, his eldest daughter, 23-year-old Savannah Blackstock Lee, revealed in July that she is anticipating her second little one early subsequent yr.
Blackstock was the previous stepson of Reba McEntire, who was married to his father, Narvel Blackstock, from 1989 to 2015, and is the mom of Brandon’s half-brother, Shelby. Narvel Blackstock, who owns the Nashville-based expertise company Starstruck Leisure, beforehand served as Clarkson’s supervisor. Brandon Blackstock previously represented Blake Shelton and Rascal Flatts along with Clarkson.
Clarkson filed for divorce from Blackstock in 2020. An acrimonious cut up adopted, with the couple’s Montana ranch changing into “some extent of rivalry” throughout the divorce proceedings, in line with Folks journal. Clarkson “was ultimately awarded possession of the property, regardless that Blackstock was dwelling on the dwelling on the time, and misplaced a authorized struggle to evict him from the ranch.”
Their divorce was finalized in 2022.
Brandon Blackstock and Kelly Clarkson attend a ceremony honoring Simon Cowell’s star on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame in August 2018. (Faye Sadou/AdMedia /MediaPunch/IPX)
In March, Clarkson stepped away from her eponymous daytime discuss present for practically two weeks whereas quite a lot of celebrities acted as visitor hosts.
When Clarkson returned, she cited solely “private causes” for her mysterious absence, which stirred hypothesis amongst followers that it might have one thing to do with Blackstock.
NewsNation subsequently reported that Blackstock was sick and that Clarkson skipped present tapings to take their youngsters to see him.
Melanoma is the deadliest type of pores and skin most cancers. It usually begins on pores and skin that is usually uncovered to the solar, and will be handled efficiently whether it is discovered early.
In accordance with the American Most cancers Society, greater than 100,000 persons are identified with melanoma in america annually.
Clarkson kicked off her residency at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on July 11. (Denise Truscello/Getty Pictures for Dwell Nation Las Vegas)
Clarkson’s remaining exhibits on the Colosseum at Caesars Palace this month had been scheduled for Aug. 8-9 and Aug. 15-16. Her subsequent run on the 4,100-capacity venue, which was beforehand introduced, is about for November.
That is the second postponement of Clarkson’s residency, which opened in July.
The primary present was abruptly postponed simply hours earlier than she was set to take the stage after the singer mentioned that she wanted to relaxation her vocal cords.
“The prep and rehearsals have taken a toll on my voice,” Clarkson wrote on Instagram on July 4. “I would like the exhibits to be good for y’all and I want to guard myself from doing critical injury.”
