The talent manager died at 48 of a form of skin cancer as the singer and TV host has canceled tapings and concerts as the news was revealed.

Brandon Blackstock's official cause of death has come to light, days after the talent agent and ex-husband of Kelly Clarkson died of natural causes at age 48.

Brandon Blackstock, the talent manager and former husband of Kelly Clarkson, died of melanoma, a form of skin cancer, on Aug. 7. The Silver Bow County Coroner Dan Hollis tells PEOPLE Blackstock "passed away peacefully at his home in Butte,