Dolly Parton has shared her advice on dealing with grief after Kelly Clarkson's ex-husband Brandon Blackstock died from melanoma at the age of 48. The country music legend, who lost her own husband Carl Dean in March, spoke about navigating loss during a difficult time.
In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Parton said: 'You just have to be grateful for the years that you’ve had with someone, and you just try to remember the very best of all that, take the energy they’d given you then, and just kind of recycle that, and let that become a part of you.' She added: 'Just honour their memory and remember they’re in a better place than we are.'
Blackstock died on 7 August after a three-year battle with cancer. His family released a statement thanking well-wishers and asking for privacy. He and Clarkson were married for seven years before separating in 2020; they have two children together. He also had two children from a previous marriage.
Parton previously said her faith helped her cope with the death of her husband of nearly 59 years. 'I am a person of faith, and I truly believe that I’m going to see him again someday,' she told the Associated Press in May. 'You just kind of have to learn to make new plans – but that’s the hardest part.'
