Brittney Jones moved to Montana to work for Blackstock's ranch the same month Clarkson filed for divorceNEED TO KNOWBrandon Blackstock's partner Brittney Marie Jones previously worked as Kelly Clarkson's production assistant,

Kelly Clarkson’s ex-husband Brandon Blackstock is reported to have been in a relationship with their former assistant at the time of his death. The 48-year-old music manager, who was married to the chart-topping Clarkson from 2013 to 2020, died on August 7 after a private battle with melanoma.

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.