"surrounded by family" Brandon Blackstock's death certificate has been issued after he died on Aug. 7 at his home in Butte, Montana The document verified that the talent manager and former husband of Kelly Clarkson,

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.

The death of talent manager and producer Brandon Blackstock, Kelly Clarkson's ex-husband, is shining a spotlight on melanoma, the type of skin cancer he had.

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