In the wake of Brandon Blackstock's death in August 2025, many details about his love life have emerged that seemingly make his divorce from Kelly Clarkson even more tragic . According to Blackstock's obituary , he was surrounded by his family when he died from melanoma at age 48 , including his "loving partner in life and business," Brittney Marie Jones. As the obit explains, Blackstock and Jones had been "building a life, building companies" and were working together exhaustively on future plans when his health turned. As it turns out, however, Jones has long been working with Blackstock as his executive assistant, and was formerly a production assistant for Clarkson herself.

Clarkson and Blackstock got married in 2013, and went on to welcome daughter River Rose, in June 2014, and

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