Brandon Blackstock, the ex-husband and former supervisor of Kelly Clarkson, has died on the age of 48.
The information was confirmed by Blackstock’s household, who instructed Folks that he handed away from most cancers. “It’s with nice disappointment that we share the information that Brandon Blackstock has handed away,” they stated. “Brandon bravely battled most cancers for greater than three years. He handed away peacefully and was surrounded by household.”
They added: “We thanks in your ideas and prayers and ask everybody to respect the household’s privateness throughout this very tough time.”
Earlier within the day, Clarkson had introduced that she had postponed the rest of her ‘August Studio Session’ dates on the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas in order that she may very well be “absolutely current” for her household and for her “kids’s father”.
Sadly, I have to postpone the rest of the August Studio Session dates in Las Vegas.
Whereas I usually hold my private life non-public, this previous yr, my kids’s father has been in poor health and at this second, I must be absolutely current for them.
I’m sincerely sorry to… pic.twitter.com/eDNxHdjtlh— Kelly Clarkson (@kellyclarkson) August 7, 2025
“I’m sincerely sorry to everybody who purchased tickets to the exhibits and I so admire your grace, kindness and understanding,” she defined.
Blackstock and Clarkson have been married between 2013 and 2022 and so they had two kids collectively – River Rose, 11, and Remington Alexander, 9.
Blackstock continued to function Clarkson’s supervisor after the divorce, and he had additionally managed Blake Shelton up to now.
His cut up from Clarkson was acrimonious, with the American Idol winner having spoken about an “terribly exhausting” melancholy that she suffered after the divorce. Her 2023 album ‘Chemistry’ noticed her confront a number of the emotional turmoil of that interval.
Authorized proceedings additionally adopted in 2023, with a ruling in California saying that Blackstock had improperly made offers for Clarkson that ought to have been dealt with by her agent workforce. He was ordered to pay her $2.6million (£1.9million).
Blackstock additionally had two kids, Savannah and Seth, from a earlier marriage, and have become a grandfather in 2022 when Savannah had a son named Lake.
