Kelly Clarkson’s ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock, died from skin cancer three years after being diagnosed. Dan Hollis, the coroner for Silver Bow County in Montana, confirmed Blackstock had died from melanoma in a Monday statement to People magazine. The manner of death was natural causes.

Brandon Blackstock’s Ex-Wife Issues Emotional Statement After His Death originally appeared on Parade. The first wife of Brandon Blackstock has shared her first statement since the death of her ex-husband. Melissa Ashworth Wells, who was married to Blackstock for more than a decade before his romance with Kelly Clarkson, died on August 7.

Brandon Blackstock's official cause of death has come to light, days after the talent agent and ex-husband of Kelly Clarkson died of natural causes at age 48.