Brandon Blackstock, former talent manager and ex-husband of Kelly Clarkson, died from melanoma, a form of skin cancer.

"Brandon bravely battled cancer for more than three years," a representative for his family said in a statement.

Kelly Clarkson’s ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock’s, cause of death has been revealed. Blackstock — who shared two children with Clarkson — died Thursday at the age of 48, three years after he was diagnosed with cancer.