Overview

• Loved ones held a multi-day, private celebration of life at his Montana residence, where partner Brittney Marie Jones, family and close friends shared memories, tears and laughter.
• Attendees posted limited glimpses on Instagram Stories, including a campfire photo shared by Shane Tarleton and a Montana snapshot from Nashville hairstylist Amanda Craig.
• Savannah Blackstock Lee wrote that her father had deepened his Christian faith in the six months before his death, calling him her “biggest cheerleader” and “favorite cowboy.”
• Officials said he passed away peacefully under hospice care, listing malignant melanoma as the cause of death and the manner as natural causes.
• It has not been publicly confirmed whether Kelly Clarkson attended the gathering, and she previously postponed August Las Vegas shows to be fully present for their children.