Brandon Blackstock, a talent manager and the ex-husband of Kelly Clarkson, has died at age 48 after a private battle with cancer, his family announced.

Brandon Blackstock, whose marriage to and contentious split from Kelly Clarkson put him in the celebrity spotlight, has died of cancer at age 48.

The family of Brandon Blackstock, Kelly Clarkson's ex-husband and the father of her two children, shared the tragic news that Blackstock has died at 48 from cancer.