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Brandon Blackstock, talent manager and Kelly Clarkson's ex, dies at 48
Brandon Blackstock (L) and Kelly Clarkson attend the Grammy Awards in 2018. Blackstock died Thursday at age 48. File Photo by Dennis Van Tine/UPI | License Photo Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Brandon Blackstock, a talent manager and Kelly Clarkson's ex-husband, has died after a private battle with cancer. He was 48. A spokesperson for Blackstock confirmed his death in a statement Thursday to NBC News. "It is with great sadness that we share the news that Brandon Blackstock has passed away. Brandon bravely battled cancer for more than three years. He passed away peacefully and was surrounded by family," the statement reads. "We thank you for your thoughts and prayers and ask everyone to respect the family's privacy during this very difficult time." A rep for the family confirmed the news to People. Blackstock, the son of Narval Blackstock and the former stepson of singer and actress Reba McEntire, was married to Clarkson from 2013 to 2022. Blackstock had two children with Clarkson, daughter River Rose, 11, and son Remington Alexander, and two children, Savannah and Seth, from his previous marriage. Clarkson had announced Wednesday that she was cancelling the remainder of her August concerts in Las Vegas, citing Blackstock's illness. "Unfortunately, I need to postpone the remainder of the August Studio Session dates in Las Vegas," she said. "While I normally keep my personal life private, this past year, my children's father has been ill and at this moment, I need to be fully present for them. I am sincerely sorry to everyone who bought tickets to the shows and I so appreciate your grace, kindness and understanding." Sources told People Clarkson was absent from her talk show, The Kelly Clarkson Show, earlier this year due to the family circumstances. Notable deaths of 2025 Loni Anderson Actress Loni Anderson arrives on the orange carpet for the Race to Erase MS Gala in Beverly Hills, Calif., on May 10, 2019. Anderson, best known for her Actress Loni Anderson arrives on the orange carpet for the Race to Erase MS Gala in Beverly Hills, Calif., on May 10, 2019. Anderson, best known for her scene-stealing role as receptionist Jennifer in the sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati" and for her real-life marriage to late actor Burt Reynolds, died at the age of 79 on August 3. Photo by Chris Chew/UPI | License Photo
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Jack Osbourne pays tribute to Ozzy: 'I love you Dad'
1 of 3 | Jack Osbourne paid tribute to his late dad, Ozzy Osbourne, on social media. File Photo by Chris Chew/UPI | License Photo Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Jack Osbourne posted a tribute to his late father, Ozzy Osbourne, on Instagram Wednesday. The former Black Sabbath member died July 22, just weeks after playing his final show with the band in Birmingham, England. He was 76. Jack Osbourne said his heart "has hurt too much" to want to post something honoring Ozzy. "I'm gonna keep this short because he certainly hated long rambling speeches," Jack Osbourne wrote. "He was so many things to so many people, but I was so lucky and blessed to be a part of a very small group that got to call him 'Dad.'" He also included a video montage that featured clips and photos of the pair together as Jack grew up. "My heart is full of so much sadness and sorrow, but also so much love and gratitude. I got 14,501 days with that man and I know that is such a blessing." He also included a Hunter S. Thompson quote: "Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body... but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, 'Wow! What a ride!'" "That was my dad," he concluded. "He lived and he lived his life fully. I love you dad." Jack, sister Kelly and mother Sharon had appeared alongside Ozzy in The Osbournes, which ran through 2005 on MTV. Notable deaths of 2025 Loni Anderson Actress Loni Anderson arrives on the orange carpet for the Race to Erase MS Gala in Beverly Hills, Calif., on May 10, 2019. Anderson, best known for her Actress Loni Anderson arrives on the orange carpet for the Race to Erase MS Gala in Beverly Hills, Calif., on May 10, 2019. Anderson, best known for her scene-stealing role as receptionist Jennifer in the sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati" and for her real-life marriage to late actor Burt Reynolds, died at the age of 79 on August 3. Photo by Chris Chew/UPI | License Photo
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05-08-2025
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Stella Rimington, first female chief of Britain's MI5, dies at 90
A file photograph shows Dame Stella Rimington, the first female director of the British Security Service, commonly known as MI5 (Military Intelligence, Section 5), during the presentation of her novel 'The invisible' in Madrid in January 2009. Rimington died Sunday night at the age of 90. File Photo by Angel Diaz/EPA Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Stella Rimington, the first female chief of the British Security Service MI5 and the first woman to "head any intelligence agency in the world," has died at the age of 90. Rimington, who joined MI5 as a typist in the mid-1960s in India and was the inspiration behind Judi Dench's M in the James Bond series, died Sunday night. She was "surrounded by her beloved family and dogs and determinedly held on to the life she loved until her last breath," her family said in a statement. Rimington joined MI5 full-time in 1969 and was promoted to director general in 1992. Born in 1935 in south London, Rimington's career with MI5 was dominated by the Cold War and threats from the Soviet Union. Not only was she the first female chief, she was also the first director general to be publicly identified when appointed. Her roles with the agency included "counter-subversion, counter-espionage and counter-terrorism," MI5 said Monday in a statement on its website. "She oversaw MI5 taking lead responsibility for countering Irish republican terrorism in Great Britain, the move of MI5's headquarters to Thames House and instituted a policy of greater public openness to demystify the work of MI5, including beginning a program of releasing MI5 files to The National Archives." Rimington retired from MI5 in 1996 and was made Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath that same year. "I'm proud that I was the first woman DG and that, during the time I was there, MI5 changed from being an old-fashioned closet organization," Rimington told the Guardian in 2011. "I still thought the essence of the Cold War and spies and stuff was fun. You know, going around listening to people's telephones and opening their mail and stuff," she said in a separate interview after leaving the agency in 2001. Rimington wrote her autobiography, "Open Secret," that same year, followed by a series of eight novels with a fictitious MI5 officer, named Liz Carlyle. She also wrote two more novels with the character Manon Tyler as a CIA agent. Current MI5 director general Ken McCallum paid tribute to Rimington on Monday, calling her "the first publicly avowed Director General of MI5" and the "first avowed female head of any intelligence agency in the world." "Her leadership ushered in a new era of openness and transparency about the work MI5 does to keep this country safe," he said, "a legacy that continues to this day." Notable deaths of 2025 Loni Anderson Actress Loni Anderson arrives on the orange carpet for the Race to Erase MS Gala in Beverly Hills, Calif., on May 10, 2019. Anderson, best known for her Actress Loni Anderson arrives on the orange carpet for the Race to Erase MS Gala in Beverly Hills, Calif., on May 10, 2019. Anderson, best known for her scene-stealing role as receptionist Jennifer in the sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati" and for her real-life marriage to late actor Burt Reynolds, died at the age of 79 on August 3. Photo by Chris Chew/UPI | License Photo
