Brandon Blackstock, a expertise supervisor and former husband of singer Kelly Clarkson, has died.
He was 48.
“It is with great sadness that we share the news that Brandon Blackstock has passed away,” a consultant for the household informed NCS in a press release on Thursday. “Brandon 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’s privacy during this very difficult time.”
The information got here only a day after Clarkson had introduced she could be pausing the remainder of her Las Vegas residency to be “fully present” for her youngsters with Blackstock.
“While I normally keep my personal life private, this past year, my children’s father has been ill and at this moment, I need to be fully present for them,” Clarkson wrote in a press release posted on her verified Instagram account on Wednesday night. “I am sincerely sorry to everyone who bought tickets to the shows and I so appreciate your grace, kindness and understanding.”
The couple share a daughter, River, born in 2014, and a son, Remington, born in 2016.
Blackstock was the previous stepson of Reba McEntire and the son of Narvel Blackstock, CEO of the Nashville-based expertise administration agency Starstruck, with purchasers that embrace nation stars Blake Shelton and Carly Pearce, amongst others.
He was born to the elder Blackstock and TV producer and music supervisor Elisa Gayle Ritter, who divorced when their son was 12.
A 12 months later, Narvel Blackstock married nation famous person McEntire and she or he helped to lift his son. The elder Blackstock and McEntire break up in 2015 after 26 years of marriage.
Like his dad and mom, Brandon Blackstock had a love for the music trade and commenced his profession in expertise administration.
Music can be what led Blackstock to Clarkson.
After initially assembly at the Academy of Country Music Awards in 2006, Clarkson and Blackstock reconnected in 2012 at Super Bowl XLVI, the place Clarkson carried out the nationwide anthem. Blackstock was Shelton’s supervisor at the time, who was additionally at the sport singing “America the Beautiful.”
They eloped in 2013 and Blackstone additionally served as his spouse’s supervisor and a producer on her award-winning daytime speak present, “The Kelly Clarkson Show.”
After seven years of marriage Clarkson filed for divorce in 2020, citing “irreconcilable differences.”
She and Blackstone settled their contentious divorce in 2022, with Clarkson having to make a one-time cost of $1.3 million in addition to paying her ex $115,000 in month-to-month spousal help till January 31, 2024 in addition to a month-to-month youngster help cost.
In 2021, McEntire commented on being supportive of each Blackstock and Clarkson amid their divorce throughout an look on Extra, saying she liked them each and that she was “pulling for both of them.”
“I pray everyone gives them the encouragement they can because they need it right now, both of them do. I love the both of them with all my heart,” she added at the time.
NCS has reached out to reps for each Clarkson and McEntire for remark.
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