{"id":129531,"date":"2024-10-06T17:57:08","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T17:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/06\/christopher-ciccone-madonnas-brother-and-early-artistic-director-dead-at-63\/"},"modified":"2024-10-06T17:57:08","modified_gmt":"2024-10-06T17:57:08","slug":"christopher-ciccone-madonnas-brother-and-early-artistic-director-dead-at-63","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/06\/christopher-ciccone-madonnas-brother-and-early-artistic-director-dead-at-63\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Ciccone, Madonna&#8217;s brother and early artistic director, dead at 63"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div> <center><\/center><br \/><b>Madonna<\/b>&#8216;s brother <b>Christopher Ciccone<\/b>, who appeared on her arm at so many events and danced behind her at many early solo club gigs, died Friday after a lengthy battle with prostate cancer. He was 63.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Rettenmund posted a loving tribute to Ciccone, whose close but complicated relationship to his famous sister is well-known among longtime Madonna fans, to his Boy Culture blog.<\/p>\n<p><b>Serving as artistic director of Madonna&#8217;s landmark 1990 Blonde Ambition Tour, Ciccone&#8217;s dual role as family member and employee led to discord between the siblings, as was extensively aired in his tell-all memoir <i>Life with My Sister Madonna<\/i> in 2008. The book put their relationship on ice for years, but by all accounts, they had reconciled long ago.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Ciccone was preceded in death by his mother Madonna Louise (d. 1963), brother Anthony (d. 2023) <b>and stepmother Joan, who died of complications from liver cancer on September 24.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><center><a name=\"cutid1\"\/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Madonna&#8217;s brother Christopher Ciccone died October 4 at 63 of cancer. RIP. I think you may find my remembrance of him more palatable than TMZ&#8217;s. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ga6AzroUQs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ga6AzroUQs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matthew Rettenmund (@mattrett) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattrett\/status\/1842946023976829384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">October 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a name=\"cutid1-end\"\/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><b>ETA:<\/b> Madonna has shared a tribute to her brother via Instagram.<\/p>\n<p><center><a name=\"cutid2\"\/><\/p>\n<blockquote lj-screenable=\"social:newinsta:parse\" class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"data-instgrm-captioned\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\"><p> <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/DAy1hZpSqqd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/DAy1hZpSqqd<\/a> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a name=\"cutid2-end\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mattrett\/status\/1842946023976829384\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Source 1,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DAy1hZpSqqd\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/center> <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/129315129.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madonna&#8216;s brother Christopher Ciccone, who appeared on her arm at so many events and danced behind her at many early solo club gigs, died Friday after a lengthy battle with prostate cancer. He was 63. 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