"She always wanted her kids to have the best relationship possible with their dad," a source told People on Thursday.

The talent manager had four children: Savannah and Seth with his ex-wife, Melissa Ashworth, from whom he split in 2012, and daughter River and son Remy with Clarkson, who were born in 2014 and 2016, respectively. His eldest, Savannah, made Blackstock a grandfather when she welcomed her first baby, Lake, in 2022.

Kelly Clarkson's ex husband and father of her two children, Brandon Blackstock, has died, and the family's loss makes their last Instagram posts even sadder.