Hollywood expertise supervisor and ex-husband of Kelly Clarkson, Brandon Blackstock, has died of most cancers at 48 years outdated, per Individuals. Blackstock handed away only a day after Clarkson verified rumors about her ex-husband’s well being on Instagram. Clarkson introduced that she could be suspending her Las Vegas residency to help her and Blackstock’s two kids, writing, “Whereas I usually preserve my private life non-public, this previous yr, my kids’s father has been ailing and at this second, I should be totally current for them.”

A consultant shared a press release with Individuals asserting the information: “It’s with nice unhappiness that we share the information that Brandon Blackstock has handed away. 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.” Along with the kids he shared with Clarkson, 11-year-old River and 9-year-old Remington, Blackstock can be survived by two kids from his marriage earlier than Clarkson, Savannah and Seth, in addition to his grandchild, Savannah’s son, Lake.

Brandon Blackstock met Kelly Clarkson at the Academy of Nation Music Awards in 2006. The couple married in 2013, and Blackstock grew to become Clarkson’s expertise supervisor. Nonetheless, their love story got here to a crashing halt when the pair’s messy divorce kicked off in 2020. They cited irreconcilable variations as the explanation behind the breakup, however their cut up was drawn out, taking two years to finalize. Ultimately, Clarkson was granted major custody of their kids. In the end, a supply advised Individuals, “The divorce was tough, however [Clarkson] recovered shortly and has no regrets.” In an interview with Individuals, Clarkson referred to as herself “a let-go particular person; I do not maintain grudges.” And it appears this helped her bounce again from her painful cut up from Blackstock, permitting them to co-parent.

Rumors had been circling about Blackstock’s sickness previous to its affirmation. Earlier this yr, Clarkson was absent from “The Kelly Clarkson Present” for 10 days attributable to “private causes.” A supply advised NewsNation, “Her ex-husband is sick and she or he took the children to see him,” noting that, regardless of of their previous difficulties, “He’s nonetheless the kids’s father.” Evidently, Clarkson and their kids had been capable of be by Blackstock’s aspect in his last months.