Dolly Parton offered a tender message of solace to the loved ones of Brandon Blackstock, a talent manager who died from skin cancer last week at the age of 48. Blackstock was the ex-husband of Kelly Clarkson and the former stepson of Reba McEntire.

Blackstock’s ex-wife Clarkson—who shared daughter River, 11, and son Remington, 9, with the late talent manager—and his stepmom McEntire are reportedly “devastated” by Blackstock’s death on August 7, which comes after a three-year cancer battle.

Days after Brandon Blackstock, Kelly Clarkson's ex-husband, died from cancer, his stepmother Reba McEntire said his "struggle is over."