{"id":111298,"date":"2024-10-07T04:54:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T21:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111298"},"modified":"2024-10-07T04:54:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-06T21:54:48","slug":"madonnas-brother-christopher-ciccone-dies-at-63","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111298","title":{"rendered":"Madonna\u2019s brother, Christopher Ciccone, dies at 63"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Christopher Ciccone, a multihyphenate artist, dancer, designer and younger brother of <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/madonna#:~:text=NEW%20YORK%20(AP)%20%E2%80%94%20Madonna,%20a%20pioneer%20for%20gay%20rights,\">Madonna<\/a><\/span>, has died. He was 63.<\/p>\n<p>Ciccone died Friday in Michigan, his representative Brad Taylor told The Associated Press Sunday. He had cancer. <\/p>\n<p>Madonna posted <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DAy1hZpSqqd\/?img_index=12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a tribute to him on Instagram Sunday<\/a><\/span> with a carousel of photos from over the years. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was the closest human to me for so long,\u201d she wrote. \u201cIts 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. We took each other\u2019s hands and we danced through the madness of our childhood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Madonna wrote that discovering dance in their small Midwestern town saved them both, and that their ballet teacher created a safe space for her brother to be gay. <\/p>\n<p>A dancer since his youth, Ciccone was deeply intertwined with his sister\u2019s rise in pop stardom in the 1980s, appearing in music videos like \u201cLucky Star,\u201d art directing her Blond Ambition World Tour and serving as tour director for The Girlie Show tour. He also directed music videos for Dolly Parton and Tony Bennett.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen it came to good taste, my brother was the Pope, and you had to kiss the ring to get his blessing,\u201d Madonna wrote. \u201cHe was a painter a poet and a visionary. I admired him. He had impeccable taste. And a sharp tongue, Which he sometimes used against me but I always forgave him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2008, Ciccone released a bestselling autobiography called \u201cLife with My Sister Madonna\u201d in which he wrote about their strained relationship, her romantic entanglements as well as recollections from his time on tour with her. For two decades, he was by her side, choreographing, directing, dressing and helping his sister. He also interior designed her homes in New York, Miami and Los Angeles. He said that it was a bit like a marriage at times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a double-edged sword,\u201d he told Good Morning America in 2008. \u201cNobody was chaining me down to make \u2014 to stay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The book, and his no-filter descriptions of the exploits of his sister\u2019s famous circle, took its toll on some of his Hollywood friendships too. Several years later, in 2012, around the launch of a shoe collection he designed, he told The Standard that he and his sister were \u201con a perfectly personable level\u201d and in contact.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t work for her, and it\u2019s better this way,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years Ciccone relocated to Michigan\u2019s Lower Peninsula to be closer to family. In 2016, Ciccone married Ray Thacker, a British actor, who was by his side when he died.<\/p>\n<p>Madonna wrote that when he got sick, they found their way back to one another. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m glad he\u2019s not suffering anymore,\u201d she wrote. \u201cThere will never be anyone like him. I know he\u2019s dancing somewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Madonna also lost her stepmother, Joan Clare Ciccone, to cancer just a few weeks ago, and her older brother Anthony Ciccone in early 2023.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/christopher-ciccone-dead-c2369c46f5c98292068b2bf51774f652\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christopher Ciccone, a multihyphenate artist, dancer, designer and younger brother of Madonna, has died. 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