Pop star Madonna's brother dies due to cancer: 'I did my best to keep him alive'

Iconic pop star Madonna has dedicated a tribute to her brother Cristopher Ciccone who passed away recently and said that before his death the two had met after a long estrangement reported E Online The two shared a close bond and Christopher died on October 4 from cancer before releasing a tellall book about their relationshipMadonna took to her Instagram handle and wrote an emotional post dedicated to her brother and posted several pictures of the two My brother Christopher is gone He was the closest human to me for so long Its 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 quoView this post on InstagramA post shared by Madonna madonnaTalking about their bond she shared We took each others hands and we danced through the madness of our childhood In fact dance was a kind of superglue that held us together Discovering Dance in our small Midwestern town saved me and then my brother came along and it saved him too My ballet teacher also named Christopher created a safe space for my brother to be Gay a word that was not spoken or even whispered where we lived When I finally got the courage to go to New York to become a Dancer My brother followedThe ace singer continued And again we took each others hands and we danced through the madness of New York City We devoured Art and Music And Film like hungry animals we were in the epicenter of all of these things exploding We danced through the madness of the AIDS epidemic We went to funerals and we cried and we went dancing We danced together on stage in the beginning of my career and eventually he became the Creative Director of many tours When it came to good taste my brother was the Pope and you had to kiss the ring to get his blessing We defied the Roman Catholic Church The Police the Moral Majority and all Authority figures that got in the way of Artistic freedomMadonna shared that her brother was always by her side My brother was right by my side He 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 We soared the highest heights together And floundered in the lowest lows Somehow we always found each other again and We held hands and we kept dancingShe also opened up about the differences between the two saying The last few years have not been easy We did not speak for sometime but When my brother got sick We found our way back to each otherShe concluded with I did my best to keep him alive as long as possible He was in so much pain towards the end Once again we held hands We closed our eyes and we dancedTogether Im glad hes not suffering anymore There will never be anyone like him I know hes dancing somewhereShe added We took each others hands and we danced through the madness of our childhood In fact dance was a kind of superglue that held us togetherMadonna said that discovering dance saved both her and Christopher and that her ballet teacher created a safe space for my brother to be Gay a word that was not spoken or even whispered where we livedChristopher had passed away peacefully with husband Ray Thacker by his side his rep had said in a statement to multiple outlets October 6Madonna who was raised with her seven siblings in Michigan wrote that when she moved to New York in the late 70s to become a dancer Christopher followedAnd again we took each others hands and we danced through the madness of New York City she said We devoured Art and Music And Film like hungry animals We were in the epicenter of all of these things exploding We danced through the madness of the AIDS epidemic We went to funerals and we cried and we went dancingIn the earlier years of the Grammy winners music career Christopher worked as her backup dancer assistant dresser decorator and creative director on her toursWhen it came to good taste my brother was the Pope and you had to kiss the ring to get his blessing We defied the Roman Catholic Church The Police the Moral Majority and all Authority figures that got in the way of Artistic freedom said Madonna whose 1989 Like a Prayer video was condemned by the Vatican for its religious imagery My brother was right by my sideIn more recent years Christopher had worked as an artist footwear designer and interior specialistHe was a painter a poet and a visionary Madonna wrote I admired him He had impeccable taste And a sharp tongue Which he sometimes used against me but I always forgave him We soared the highest heights together And floundered in the lowest lows Somehow we always found each other again and We held hands and we kept dancingIn 2008 the relationship between the siblings soured amid the release of his tellall autobiography Life With My Sister MadonnaThe last few years have not been easy the Material Girl singer wrote We did not speak for sometime but when my brother got sick we found our way back to each other I did my best to keep him alive as long as possible He was in so much pain towards the end Once again we held hands We closed our eyes and we danced TogetherMadonna continued Im glad hes not suffering anymore There will never be anyone like him I know hes dancing somewhere reported E OnlineStepmother of pop icon Madonna Joan Clare Ciccone has died at the age of 81 after a brief struggle with cancer in September Her passing comes a year and a half after the death of Madonnas brother Anthony who passed away at age 66 in 2023