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A performance on "The Voice" hit close to home for Reba McEntire Monday, bringing up fresh memories of the stepson she recently lost to cancer.

In the latest episode of NBC's singing competition show, Team Reba artist Aubrey Nicole sang Martina McBride 's "I'm Gonna Love You Through It" -- a song about a couple navigating through a cancer diagnosis.

After the moving rendition, Reba said, "Martina's a good friend of mine. I lost my oldest son because he did not win with cancer."

Reba's stepson, Brandon Blackstock , passed away August 7 after being diagnosed with melanoma -- a type of skin cancer. He was 48. Getty

According to NBC News , Reba, 70, continued, "That was a real reminder that life goes on, and we sing songs about it so we can remember the ones aro

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