Overview

• Brandon Blackstock passed away peacefully at age 48 following a private three-year fight with cancer, his family announced.
• Clarkson postponed the remainder of her August Studio Sessions at Caesars Palace to be fully present with her two children.
• Earlier this year she took unexplained breaks from The Kelly Clarkson Show, later attributing her absences to her children’s father’s declining health.
• Blackstock spent his career as a talent manager at Starstruck Entertainment, securing major music and television contracts and fathering four children.
• Their divorce was finalized in March 2022 after legal disputes over unlawful management commissions resulted in a $2.6 million ruling and a confidential settlement.