Weeks before Brandon Blackstock died, he posed for a photo with his daughter, Savannah Blackstock Lee, from his first marriage to Melissa Ashworth. Blackstock Lee shared the picture on Facebook. "Back home to the mountains & my daddy,

Details of Brandon Blackstock’s final days have been shared after the talent manager’s death, aged 48. A representative confirmed the news in a statement to People following the talent manager’s secret cancer diagnosis. Clarkson and Blackstock began dating in 2012 before tying the knot in 2013.

His death was announced on Aug. 7. He was 48. The news came one month after his 23-year-old daughter Savannah Blackstock-Lee, whom he shares with his first wife, Melissa Ashworth, announced that she was pregnant with her husband, Quentin Lee.