Brandon Blackstock, Kelly Clarkson’s ex-husband, expertise agent and her former supervisor, has died after a battle with most cancers, his household introduced on Thursday. He was 48.

“It’s with nice unhappiness that we share the information that Brandon Blackstock has handed away,” a consultant mentioned in an announcement to a number of information shops. “Brandon bravely battled most cancers for greater than three years. He handed away peacefully and was surrounded by household. We thanks on your ideas and prayers and ask everybody to respect the household’s privateness throughout this very troublesome time.”

The kind of most cancers was not disclosed.

The announcement got here a day after Clarkson revealed that she was suspending the remaining August dates of her Las Vegas residency as a result of Blackstock’s sickness.

“Sadly, I must postpone the rest of the August Studio Session dates in Las Vegas,” Clarkson introduced in a submit on Instagram. “Whereas I usually maintain my private life non-public, this previous 12 months, my youngsters’s father has been sick and at this second, I should be totally current for them.”

Clarkson and Blackstock married in 2013. The couple had two youngsters collectively: River Rose, their 11-year-old daughter, and Remy Alexander, their 9-year-old son. Blackstock additionally had two youngsters from a earlier marriage. In keeping with Individuals journal, his eldest daughter, 23-year-old Savannah Blackstock Lee, revealed in July that she is anticipating her second little one early subsequent 12 months.

Blackstock was the previous stepson of Reba McEntire, who was married to his father, Narvel Blackstock, from 1989 to 2015, and is the mom of Brandon’s half-brother, Shelby. Narvel Blackstock, who owns the Nashville-based expertise company Starstruck Leisure, beforehand served as Clarkson’s supervisor. Brandon Blackstock previously represented Blake Shelton and Rascal Flatts along with Clarkson.

Clarkson filed for divorce from Blackstock in 2020. An acrimonious cut up adopted, with the couple’s Montana ranch changing into “some extent of rivalry” throughout the divorce proceedings, based on Individuals journal. Clarkson “was ultimately awarded possession of the property, despite the fact that Blackstock was dwelling on the dwelling on the time, and misplaced a authorized struggle to evict him from the ranch.”

Their divorce was finalized in 2022.

In March, Clarkson stepped away from her eponymous daytime discuss present for practically two weeks whereas a wide range of celebrities acted as visitor hosts.

When Clarkson returned, she cited solely “private causes” for her mysterious absence, which stirred hypothesis amongst followers that it may have one thing to do with Blackstock.

NewsNation subsequently reported that Blackstock was sick and that Clarkson skipped present tapings to take their youngsters to see him.

Clarkson’s remaining reveals on the Colosseum at Caesars Palace this month had been scheduled for Aug. 8-9 and Aug. 15-16. Her subsequent run on the 4,100-capacity venue, which was beforehand introduced, is ready for November.

That is the second postponement of Clarkson’s residency, which opened in July.

The primary present was abruptly postponed simply hours earlier than she was set to take the stage after the singer mentioned that she wanted to relaxation her vocal cords.

“The prep and rehearsals have taken a toll on my voice,” Clarkson wrote on Instagram on July 4. “I need the reveals to be good for y’all and I want to guard myself from doing severe harm.”