Madonna’s brother, Christopher Ciccone, has died at age 63.
His consultant confirmed the information to Fox Information Digital, sharing that he died “peacefully” on October 4 from most cancers. He was “surrounded by love” along with his husband, Ray Thacker, and family members by his facet.
Ciccone was the fifth baby and third son born to his and Madonna’s mother and father, Madonna Louise (Fortin) and Silvio Patrick Ciccone in Pontiac, Michigan, and later grew up in Rochester.
He studied at Western Michigan and Oakland Universities earlier than transferring to New York Metropolis “the place he utilized his craft of dancer and choreographer in help of his sister Madonna’s rising singing profession,” in keeping with the household’s assertion.
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Madonna’s brother, Christopher Ciccone, has died at age 63, his rep confirmed to Fox Information Digital. (Getty Pictures)
Ciccone’s function expanded, and he grew to become a dresser and inventive marketing consultant to Madonna throughout her rise to fame, additional collaborating on inside design for her properties in New York, Miami, and Los Angeles.
Following his work with Madonna, he continued work in inside design, footwear design, and as a memoirist and painter. His Instagram typically showcased his paintings.
He later moved to the northern reaches of Michigan’s decrease peninsula, “for work and to be nearer to household —a lot of whom are concerned in his father’s winemaking enterprise, Ciccone Vineyards, in Sutton’s Bay close to Traverse Metropolis.”
In 2016, Ciccone married British-born actor Ray Thacker.
Ciccone supported Madonna in her early profession as a dancer and later inventive marketing consultant. (ARNAL/Gamma-Rapho through Getty Pictures)
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He’s survived by “his father, his siblings Martin, Madonna, Paula, and Melanie (Chris was pre-deceased by his eldest brother Anthony and his stepmother Joan Gustafson Ciccone); siblings Jennifer and Mario; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and buddies worldwide.”
Representatives for Madonna didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.
The siblings at one level had a contentious relationship following the discharge of Ciccone’s tell-all ebook “Life with My Sister Madonna” in 2008.
Within the ebook, he claimed Madonna revealed his sexuality throughout a 1991 interview with The Advocate and alleged that her ex-husband, Man Ritchie, was homophobic. He additionally famous a turning level of their relationship was when she introduced cameras to their mom’s grave for her documentary, “Reality or Dare.”
Ciccone and Madonna at one level had a contentious relationship following the discharge of his tell-all ebook, “Life with My Sister Madonna,” although a number of years later he claimed, “So far as I’m involved, we’re good.” (Gary Friedman/Los Angeles Occasions through Getty Pictures)
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On the time, a rep for Madonna informed The Related Press that whereas she had not learn the memoir, she discovered it “very upsetting” that he “has determined to promote a ebook primarily based on his sister.”
In 2012, Ciccone addressed their relationship in an interview with The Night Normal, telling the outlet, “So far as I’m involved, we’re good. We’re involved with one another, though I haven’t seen her for a very long time. We’re again to being a brother and sister. I don’t work for her, and it’s higher this manner.”
Ciccone’s dying marks the second household loss for the “Materials Lady” singer in current months.
In September, an internet obituary reported that Madonna’s stepmother, Joan Clare Ciccone, died on the age of 81 following “a short encounter with a really aggressive most cancers.”
Madonna and Ciccone’s elder brother, Anthony, died final 12 months. (Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Dwell Nation)
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Madonna and Ciccone’s elder brother, Anthony, died final 12 months in February.
She paid tribute to him on social media on the time, writing, “Thanks for blowing my thoughts as a younger lady and introducing me to Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Buddhism, Taoism,” beneath a photograph with him.
