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

The talent manager died at 48 of a form of skin cancer as the singer and TV host has canceled tapings and concerts as the news was revealed.

The official cause of death for Kelly Clarkson’s ex husband Brandon Blackstock has been confirmed. After the death of the talent manager on Thursday, who shared two children with the “Stronger”