Brandon Blackstock, the expertise supervisor who was married to singer Kelly Clarkson for seven years, has died of an unspecified most cancers. He was 48.
“It’s with nice disappointment that we share the information that Brandon Blackstock has handed away,” his household confirmed Thursday in an announcement to The Instances. “Brandon bravely battled most cancers for greater than three years. He handed away peacefully and was surrounded by household. We thanks in your ideas and prayers and ask everybody to respect the household’s privateness throughout this very tough time.”
Blackstock, whose father Narvel Blackstock was Clarkson’s supervisor earlier than his son took over and was married to singer Reba McEntire for 16 years, started courting Clarkson in 2011. Brandon was beforehand married to Melissa Ashworth, the mom of two of his kids.
He and Clarkson married in a quiet 2013 ceremony in Tennessee after deciding to elope, then welcomed a daughter in 2014 and a son in 2016.
They break up in 2020 and started what grew to become a contentious divorce course of. The breakup was finalized in 2022, then each events agreed in 2024 to settle lawsuits over thousands and thousands that he allegedly overcharged her whereas serving as her supervisor throughout their marriage.
Clarkson on Wednesday postponed 4 August exhibits in her Studio Classes residency in Las Vegas, writing on Instagram that, “Whereas I usually maintain my private life personal, this previous yr, my kids’s father has been sick and at this second, I have to be totally current for them. I’m sincerely sorry to everybody who purchased tickets to the exhibits and I so respect your grace, kindness and understanding.”
