{"id":53708,"date":"2025-08-08T04:44:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T04:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/53708\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T04:44:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T04:44:11","slug":"brandon-blackstock-kelly-clarksons-ex-husband-and-former-manager-dies-at-48","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/53708\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandon Blackstock, Kelly Clarkson\u2019s ex-husband and former manager, dies at 48"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Brandon Blackstock, Kelly Clarkson\u2019s<\/a> ex-husband and talent manager, has died of cancer, his family said Thursday. He was 48.<\/p>\n

\u201cBrandon bravely battled cancer for more than three years,\u201d a representative for the Blackstock family shared in a statement to The Associated Press. \u201cHe 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

The news was first reported by People magazine. On Wednesday, Clarkson announced that she was postponing her \u201cStudio Session\u201d concerts in Las Vegas, writing on Instagram, \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<\/p>\n

Blackstock was the father to four children, including two from his previous marriageto Melissa Ashworth: Savannah and Seth. He has two young children with Clarkson: River and Remington. Blackstock became a grandfather in 2022, when Savannah gave birth to a son named Lake.<\/p>\n

Blackstock and Clarkson met at a rehearsal for the Academy of Country Music Awards back in 2006. They started dating in 2012, after reconnecting at a Super Bowl, and married in October 2013. In 2020, she filed for divorce,<\/a> citing irreconcilable differences, and requested that she not be required to pay Blackstock spousal support.<\/p>\n

The filing asked that the singer\u2019s legal last name be restored to Clarkson and indicated that the couple had a prenuptial agreement. The divorce was contentious, eventually finalized in 2022. In 2024, the pair agreed to settle lawsuits over millions of dollars that he allegedly overcharged her while serving as her manager during their marriage.<\/p>\n

Blackstock also formerly represented Blake Shelton<\/a> and Rascal Flatts. He began his career with Starstruck Entertainment, his father Narvel Blackstock\u2019s company. Country legend Reba McEntire was previously married to Narvel Blackstock, from 1989 to 2015, and is the mother of Blackstock\u2019s brother Shelby. <\/p>\n

Narvel Blackstock managed Clarkson before his son took over.<\/p>\n

Maria Sherman, The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Brandon Blackstock, Kelly Clarkson\u2019s ex-husband and talent manager, has died of cancer, his family…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53709,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341],"class_list":["post-53708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}