Brandon Blackstock’s Ex-Wife Issues Emotional Statement After His Death originally appeared on Parade. The first wife of Brandon Blackstock has shared her first statement since the death of her ex-husband. Melissa Ashworth Wells, who was married to Blackstock for more than a decade before his romance with Kelly Clarkson, died on August 7.

"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 told multiple media outlets including PEOPLE and Fox News Digital .

Savannah Blackstock Lee, the 23-year-old daughter of music manager Brandon Blackstock, shared her excitement about growing her family, just one month before losing her father to cancer. The Florida-based realtor,