Madonna mourned the death of her « visionary » brother Christopher Ciccone on Instagram after he died from cancer on Friday. He was 63.
Madonna mourned the loss of her brother Christopher Ciccone after he died from cancer at age 63 on Friday.
“My brother Christopher is gone,” the “Material Girl” songstress, 66, wrote in a tribute on Instagram Sunday. “He was the closest human to me for so long. Its [sic] hard to explain our bond.
“But it grew out of an understanding that we were different and society was going to give us a hard time for not following the status quo.”
Madonna reflected on her and Ciccone’s shared love of dance when they were younger, describing that passion as the “superglue” that held them together “through the madness of [their] childhood.”
“Discovering Dance [sic] in our small Midwestern town saved me and then my brother came along, and it saved him too,” the Michigan-born pop star wrote.
“My ballet Teacher, also named Christopher — created a safe space for my brother to be Gay [sic]. a word that was not spoken or even whispered where we lived.”
The “Like a Virgin” singer explained that her brother eventually followed her to New York City, where they started their careers as dancers.
