Brandon Blackstock privately battled cancer for years before he shockingly died at age 48.
In a statement shared by a rep for Blackstock's family, it was confirmed that the famed talent manager and ex-husband of Kelly Clarkson had "bravely battled cancer for more than three years" before he lost his life.
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