Brandon Blackstock had been dating Brittney Marie Jones in the years preceding his death. “Brandon and Brittney were in a relationship, and his family was very happy and supportive,” a source exclusively told Us Weekly in August.

The father of Brandon Blackstock’s girlfriend, Brittney Marie Jones, paid tribute to the late talent manager following Blackstock’s death at age 48 last week. “Yesterday we lost a good man Brandon Blackstock my daughter’s soulmate and I considered him my son,

Clarkson's name was not mentioned anywhere in the lengthy obituary, though it did include mention of her and Blackstock's two children.