{"id":24601,"date":"2025-08-28T14:53:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T14:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=24601"},"modified":"2025-08-28T14:53:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T14:53:55","slug":"he-wasnt-just-her-ex-he-was-once-her-everything-brandon-blackstock-kelly-clarksons-former-husband-and-longtime-talent-manager-has-tragically-passed-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=24601","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHe Wasn\u2019t Just Her Ex\u2014He Was Once Her Everything\u201d: Brandon Blackstock, Kelly Clarkson\u2019s Former Husband And Longtime Talent Manager, Has Tragically Passed Away At 48 After A Private Battle With Cancer. Despite The Tumultuous End To Their Marriage, Sources Say Kelly Collapsed In Tears Upon Hearing The News, Whispering, \u201cHe Gave Me My Biggest Hits\u2026 And My Hardest Goodbye.\u201d Now, Insiders Reveal She\u2019s Cancelled All Upcoming Appearances, With Friends Saying \u201cShe\u2019s Grieving A Man The World Forgot She Once Loved.\u201d Even More Shocking \u2014 A Song She Never Released, Written About Him After Their Divorce, Has Just Surfaced Online\u2026 And It\u2019s Breaking Fans\u2019 Hearts All Over Again."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Melody Chiu is an Executive Editorial Director at PEOPLE overseeing Entertainment, Books and Events. With the brand since 2009, she has written cover stories on Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, John Legend, Sandra Oh, House of Horrors survivor Jordan Turpin and more. Chiu oversees all of PEOPLE\u2019s entertainment verticals, as well as events strategy and live red carpet coverage for awards season. She graduated from the University of Southern California and has appeared on\u00a0Today<\/em>,\u00a0The Talk<\/em>,\u00a0Good Morning America<\/em> and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Brandon Blackstock, a talent manager known as both the ex-husband of\u00a0Kelly Clarkson\u00a0and the former stepson of\u00a0Reba McEntire, has died. He was 48.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt is with great sadness that we share the news that Brandon Blackstock has passed away,\u201d a rep for the family tells PEOPLE in a statement. \u201cBrandon bravely battled cancer for more than three years. He passed away peacefully and was surrounded by family. We thank you for your thoughts and prayers and ask everyone to respect the family\u2019s privacy during this very difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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On Wednesday, Aug. 6, Clarkson revealed Blackstock had been ill, and she postponed her Las Vegas residency to spend time with their\u00a0children, River, 11, and Remington, 9.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhile I normally keep my personal life private, this past year, my children\u2019s father has been ill and at this moment, I need to be fully present for them,\u201d she wrote in a statement, apologizing to fans and expressing appreciation for their \u201cgrace, kindness and understanding.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Blackstock also had two children from a previous marriage, Savannah and Seth, and became a grandfather in 2022 when his eldest child Savannah gave birth to a son, Lake.<\/p>\n

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In March 2024, Blackstock posed with River and Remington in\u00a0photos at the Houston Rodeo, where the family enjoyed an outing with Blackstock\u2019s\u00a0brother Shelby\u00a0and Shelby\u2019s mother, Reba McEntire. McEntire was previously married to Blackstock\u2019s father,\u00a0Narvel Blackstock, from 1989 to 2015.<\/p>\n

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Brandon Blackstock and Kelly Clarkson at the Critics\u2019 Choice Awards in 2020.<\/span>Kevin Mazur\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Narvel Blackstock previously served as Clarkson\u2019s manager, and the singer and her future husband first met at a rehearsal for the Academy of Country Music Awards in May 2006, when Blackstock was still married to ex-wife Melissa Ashworth.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis guy walks by, making everybody laugh. I said, \u2018I\u2019m gonna end up with him. I know it,\u2019 \u201d Clarkson told PEOPLE in 2013.<\/p>\n

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Seth Blackstock, Savannah Blackstock, Remington Blackstock, River Blackstock, Kelly Clarkson and Brandon Blackstock in 2019.<\/span>Steve Granitz\/WireImage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Several years later, they reconnected at the Super Bowl, and Clarkson. They were married in October 2013, and her deeply personal\u00a02015 song \u201cPiece By Piece\u201d\u00a0was inspired by Blackstock and the stability she felt in their relationship, compared to the abandonment she felt from her father as a child.<\/p>\n