Madonna's Brother Christopher Ciccone Dead at 63
Madonna's Brother Christopher Ciccone Dead at 63
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00:00Madonna's brother, Christopher Ciccone, has died.
00:08He was 63 years old.
00:10According to multiple reports, Christopher's rep says he died peacefully in Michigan on
00:15Friday after a battle with cancer.
00:17We got to know each other when we were adults.
00:21Madonna reflecting on the loss of her sibling in an emotional post on Instagram, writing
00:25in part,
00:26I know you're very close.
00:34How do you inspire each other now?
00:38It's pretty instinctive between her and I.
00:47Sometimes scary.
00:50But always great.
00:51How is it scary?
00:52Can you elaborate?
00:53Well, scary meaning that we know each other really well.
01:05It's still a revelation to learn that, you know what I mean, like finish sentences.
01:12Christopher and his famous sister's close bond starting as her career began to take
01:15off in the 80s, her younger brother serving as one of her backup dancers.
01:20As her brother, do you feel protective over her?
01:24Certain things annoy me that people say and do.
01:30On the other hand, she's a big girl and she can protect herself.
01:35And, you know, if if you want attention, you have to do certain things and some of those
01:42things might not be appealing to other people.
01:45He eventually became the pop star's backstage dresser and show designer, later appointed
01:50as art director for the Blonde Ambition World Tour and then tour director for The Girlie
01:55Show.
01:56The most difficult part of being me is being able to separate myself from my sister in
02:05a good way that, you know, we have different lives and we do different things and both
02:10are legitimate.
02:15Madonna will always be my sister.
02:17That's never going to not happen.
02:19And it's really just getting the rest of the world to realize that it's that isn't something
02:26that I do.
02:27That's something that I am.
02:28The siblings' relationship became rocky when Christopher released his 2008 autobiography
02:34Life With My Sister Madonna, which called out his older sis.
02:38We're not like a perfect match.
02:41I don't think a perfect match creates that good, you know, you have to have some conflict.
02:49The pair reconciled before reigniting another public feud years later, which lasted until
02:55very recently, something Madonna also mentions in her Instagram tribute to him.
03:00The singer admitting, quote, The last few years have not been easy.
03:04We did not speak for some time.
03:06But when my brother got sick, we found our way back to each other.
03:10Once again, we held hands, we closed our eyes and we danced together.
03:14I'm glad he's not suffering anymore.
03:17There will never be anyone like him.
03:19I know he's dancing somewhere.
03:21Is that why people always say like, oh, Madonna's brother, Madonna's brother, really?
03:25You know what?
03:26It's part of the world I live in.
03:29At some point, you know, I'll just be me and that'll be fine.
03:35In the meantime, it's WTL.