Dolly Parton offered a tender message of solace to the loved ones of Brandon Blackstock, a talent manager who died from skin cancer last week at the age of 48. Blackstock was the ex-husband of Kelly Clarkson and the former stepson of Reba McEntire.

Brandon Blackstock died at his home in Butte, Montana, on August 7 after a years-long battle with cancer. His cause of death was melanoma, according to the Silver Bow county coroner.

Kelly Clarkson’s family dynamics with Brandon Blackstock almost led to an iconic season of The Voice. But it sounds like their 2020 separation put the brakes on what could have been an amazing project. In 2019, Clarkson and Reba McEntire were “in talks ...