Talent manager and Kelly Clarkson‘s ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock, has died after a three-year private battle with melanoma. He was 48.

“It is with great sadness that we share the news that Brandon Blackstock has passed away,” Blackstock’s management company, Starstruck, said in a statement on Aug. 7, 2025. 6

“Brandon bravely battled cancer for more than three years,” the statement continued. “He passed away peacefully and was surrounded by family.”

The Post tapped two experts for insight into melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer. Known as “black tumor,” melanoma sends about 8,000 Americans to the grave each year — here’s what you can do to avoid becoming one of them.

What makes melanoma so dangerous?

“ Many skin cancers — for example, basal cell carcinoma — gro

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