Brandon Blackstock was well known as Kelly Clarkson 's husband and the father of their two kids.

But Reba McEntire has a different perspective on the talent manager, who died in August at 48 years old.

In a new interview with People , McEntire reflected on memories of Blackstock from long before his marriage to Clarkson. She was married to his father, Narvel Blackstock, for 26 years and got to know Brandon when he was just a little boy.

“My relationship with my stepson, Brandon Blackstock, was precious,” McEntire recalls. “I absolutely loved that child. He came into my life, I guess, when he was four years old. Then when Narvel and I got married, he was 13 or 14.”

Reba McEntire's Life With Brandon Blackstock as a Child

McEntire said Blackstock has been “sorely missed” si

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