Inside the final months of Brandon Blackstock in his Montana Ranch

Kelly Clarkson’s ex-husband, Brandon BlackstockLive out his last months in peace in Montana where he felt most “at home.”

Blackstock, who was the one-time manager of the singer, buy a $ 1.8 million home In Butte, Montana, just over a month after his 2022 divorce was completed. The first dating pair started in 2012, going on to get married just over a year later in October 2013.

“Brandon lived a pretty quiet life in Montana. That’s how he liked it,” said just a source Weekly US On Friday, August 8. “Although he worked in the field of entertainment in the past, that was not his personality. He was at home in Montana.”

Blackstock’s previous career began as a talent manager with Starstruck Entertainment in his father’s property Narvel Blackstockwho continues to run the company, working with Blake Shelton and other artists. He later founded Blackstock Rodeo Valley View in Montana.

“He had his ranch and rodeo, but preferred to go under the radar,” the source added. “Some of the people who worked with him at Starstruck (entertainment) moved to Montana to work on the rodeo with him.”

Blackstock lived in his ranch when his health took a “very bad turn” within the last year, the source said.

While he was “focusing on his treatment,” he also “spent a ton of time with his family in the last six months, more than ever before,” he added inside.

Although Clarkson did not “care for Brandon,” according to the source, the show’s host of talking their children’s time with their father was a priority for her.

“She spent a lot of time traveling with her children to be with him,” continued the source of the former couple’s relationship, leading to the death of Blackstock on Thursday, August 7, after a three -year private battle against cancer. It was 48.

Clarkson, 43, and Blackstock shared girl Rose rose and son Remington James. Blackstock is also survived by his two children, his daughter Savannah and son Seth, from his first marriage to Melissa Ashworth.

Savannah, who welcomed her own son Last year In 2022, he was “with him almost all the time,” he continued inside. “She’s been having an incredibly difficult time. They were very close. Everyone is shocked.”

The source added, “Brandon was traveling and doing things. Even a few months ago it looked fine. It looked thin but looked like himself. No one could believe it.”

Being a father, grandfather and family man was most important to him.

“He loved having his family with him and loved when the children were visiting,” said the source. “He loved his animals and that was a passion he shared with his daughter Savannah.”