Brandon’s illness made headlines on August 6, 2025, when Kelly announced the postponement of her Vegas residency. Just one day later, he died. Find out what happened to him.

The talent manager “passed away peacefully at his home in Butte, Mont., on Aug. 7 under hospice care surrounded by his family.”

Blackstock died at his home in Butte, Montana, on Aug. 7. He was 48. The death certificate said that his cause of death was malignant melanoma, or a type of skin cancer, with his manner of death listed as natural causes, People magazine reported.