{"id":187937,"date":"2025-08-20T06:00:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T06:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/20\/brandon-blackstocks-daughter-reveals-he-sought-god-before-his-death\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T06:00:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T06:00:57","slug":"brandon-blackstocks-daughter-reveals-he-sought-god-before-his-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/20\/brandon-blackstocks-daughter-reveals-he-sought-god-before-his-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandon Blackstock&#8217;s daughter reveals he &#8216;sought&#8217; God before his death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2025-08-20\" datetime=\"1755669657\" pubdate=\"\">20 August 2025<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/brandon-blackstock\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,brandon-blackstock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brandon Blackstock<\/a> &#8220;sought the Lord&#8221; over the last six months of his life.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Brandon Blackstock grew closer to God before his death<\/p>\n<p>The talent manager died from malignant melanoma, a form of skin cancer, on August 7 aged 48, and his daughter Savannah Blackstock Lee &#8211; who he had with first wife Melissa Ashworth &#8211; has opened up about how her father changed before his death.<\/p>\n<p>She wrote on Instagram: &#8220;Over the past 6 months my dad gifted me a new avenue of our relationship, and that was a relationship centered in Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He always loved the Lord, but 6 months ago he sought the Lord. He was hungry for the word and we did it together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Savannah noted how her dad &#8211; who was married to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/kelly-clarkson\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,kelly-clarkson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kelly Clarkson<\/a> between 2013 and 2022 &#8211; gave her comfort through his own increased faith by helping Savannah believe he&#8217;s in Heaven.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe continued: &#8220;He\u2019s gifted me more than I could\u2019ve asked for and deserved throughout my life, but 12 days ago he blessed me the most valuable gift I could\u2019ve asked for.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;The gift of knowing where he is today, in Heaven with our Savior.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I lost a piece of my heart and my favorite Cowboy, but Heaven gained an angel. I\u2019m so thankful for the time I did have and I can\u2019t wait for eternity.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I love you daddy and I will miss you indefinitely. Enjoy your ranch up there, God designed it with your heart\u2019s desires in mind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nBrandon&#8217;s death was announced by a family representative on the day he died.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe rep told PEOPLE magazine at the time: &#8220;It is with great sadness that we share the news that Brandon Blackstock has passed away.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;Brandon bravely battled cancer for more than three years. He passed away peacefully and was surrounded by family.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;We thank you for your thoughts and prayers and ask everyone to respect the family&#8217;s privacy during this very difficult time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nBrandon&#8217;s passing was announced shortly after Kelly postponed her Las Vegas residency in order to spend more time with their children.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe 43-year-old pop star &#8211; who endured an acrimonious split from the talent manager &#8211; wrote on X: &#8220;Unfortunately, I need to postpone the remainder of the August Studio Session dates in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;While I normally keep my personal life private, this past year, my children&#8217;s father has been ill and at this moment, I need to be fully present for them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nThe singer revealed at the time that Brandon was ill, although she didn&#8217;t share any other details about his sickness.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/brandon-blackstocks-daughter-reveals-sought-god-death-1428066.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>20 August 2025 Brandon Blackstock &#8220;sought the Lord&#8221; over the last six months of his life. Brandon Blackstock grew closer to God before his death The talent manager died from malignant melanoma, a form of skin cancer, on August 7 aged 48, and his daughter Savannah Blackstock Lee &#8211; who he had with first wife [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":187938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2300,201,12177,12176],"class_list":{"0":"post-187937","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-brandon-blackstock","9":"tag-kelly-clarkson","10":"tag-melissa-ashworth","11":"tag-savannah-blackstock-lee"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}