Expertise agent Brandon Blackstock, who was the ex-husband of pop star Kelly Clarkson and the daddy of their two kids, died Thursday after dropping his battle with melanoma.
Butte-Silver Bow County coroner Dan Hollis confirmed Blackstock’s reason behind dying to The Occasions on Monday. He additionally confirmed that Blackstone died at his house in Montana beneath hospice care and surrounded by his household, as first reported by Individuals. The coroner stated Blackstock’s method of dying was pure causes.
The official reason behind dying clarifies info shared by Blackstock’s household, who introduced his dying final week in a press release shared with The Occasions and on social media. Blackstock “bravely battled most cancers for greater than three years,” the assertion stated, not giving specifics. Melanoma is a type of pores and skin most cancers that first impacts cells that assist produce pigment for pores and skin shade, in keeping with the Mayo Clinic.
Blackstock’s household introduced his dying shortly after Clarkson postponed 4 August reveals in her Studio Periods residency in Las Vegas for private causes. She wrote in an Instagram submit that “this previous yr, my kids’s father has been unwell and at this second, I should be totally current for them.”
Clarkson and Blackstock married in 2013 and break up in 2020, finalizing their divorce in 2022. They share a daughter and a son. Blackstock additionally had two kids from his first marriage.
Since her ex-husband’s dying, footage of Clarkson wiping away tears throughout a July 26 present in Las Vegas resurfaced on social media. Within the video, the “American Idol” alumna displays on the modifications she had on her track “Piece by Piece,” which she first wrote about Blackstock.
As she tells her viewers about rewriting a extra mature model of the quantity she turns away, seemingly overcome with emotion. “I’m actually attempting to tug it collectively,” Clarkson says, later wiping her eyes as followers cheer.
“Screw it, let’s simply sing it. That is ‘Piece by Piece,’” she says, carrying on.
It’s unclear when Clarkson will make up the postponed August reveals, however she has a number of performances scheduled for November, in keeping with her web site. The 18-show residency on the Colosseum at Caesars Palace was introduced in February and kicked off on the Fourth of July.
