‘Brandon Blackstock passed away peacefully at his home in Butte, Montana on August 7th under hospice care surrounded by his family,’ Silver Bow County Coroner Dan Hollis said, confirming that Blackstock’s cause of death was melanoma, a form of skin cancer and that the manner of death was natural causes.

Kelly Clarkson canceled her appearance at the Band Together Texas Benefit following the death of her ex-husband Brandon Blackstock. She and the late music manager share daughter River and son Remington.