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Reba McEntire Says Brandon Blackstock’s Children Are Bonding as They Grieve

Blackstock died on Aug. 7 at 48 after a private, three-year battle with melanoma, according to his family.

Overview

  • Speaking on the Emmys red carpet, McEntire told Entertainment Tonight the four siblings are spending time together and taking their grief one day at a time.
  • Blackstock was father to Savannah, 23, and Seth, 18, with Melissa Ashworth, and River, 11, and Remington, 9, with Kelly Clarkson.
  • A family statement confirmed he passed peacefully surrounded by loved ones, and his obituary remembered him as a devoted father.
  • Clarkson postponed August dates of her Las Vegas residency to be fully present for her children and has not issued a lengthy public statement about his death.
  • McEntire, Brandon’s former stepmother, publicly mourned him on Instagram, saying the family misses him “every minute.”