Country music manager Brandon Blackstock‘s oldest son has broken his silence after his father’s death.
“I lost my hero,” begins Seth Blackstock in a very touching tribute posted two days after his dad died.
- Brandon Blackstock died on Thursday, Aug. 7, after a 3-year cancer battle.
- He was the father of Kelly Clarkson’s two kids, River and Remington, as well as two children from a previous marriage, including Seth.
- Clarkson and Blackstock were married from 2013 to 2022.
Brandon Blackstock’s Kids
Blackstock and Clarkson had two children during their 11-year marriage, River and Remington, born in 2014 and 2016, respectively. However, the talent manager was married previously. He was five years older than Clarkson (age 43).
Seth and Savannah Blackstock are Brandon’s two kids with his first wife Melissa, to whom he was married from 1999 to 2012. They would occasionally turn up at media events alongside the singer and their father.
While older, they were no less private than Clarkson’s children. On Instagram, Seth shared six photos with his father, several of which look to be taken on Blackstock’s ranch in Montana.
“Words can’t describe how proud of you I am on raising me and your 3 other kids,” Seth Blackstock continues.
“You were a father, a son, a brother, and most importantly my best friend. You’ll have to watch me grow up from a Birds Eye view now buts that’s ok with me.”
It gets even more emotional from there:
There’s no one else on this earth that I would want to be my dad because no one can be half the man you were to me. I’ll see you everyday when the sun rises and falls. I can confidently say all the deer and elk took a sigh of relief when the best hunter I’ve ever known laid his rifle down for the last time I love you so much and can’t wait to throw a line in the water with you again. Love you dad. Be good or good at it -love your son Seth
How Did Brandon Blackstock Die?
Blackstock’s illness didn’t become public until Aug. 6, when Clarkson shared that she was canceling dates in Las Vegas to be present for her children during a difficult time.
The public didn’t know her ex-husband was battling cancer until the announcement that he’d died one day later:
“It is with great sadness that we share the news that Brandon Blackstock has passed away. Brandon bravely battled cancer for more than three years. He passed away peacefully and was surrounded by family. We thank you for your thoughts and prayers and ask everyone to respect the family’s privacy during this very difficult time.”
He had been fighting melanoma.
On Monday (Aug. 11), a Montana coroner confirmed that Blackstock died of natural causes after a cancer battle. He was in hospice at home in Butte, Mont.
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