Madonna’s brother Christopher Ciccone’s cause of death revealed

Madonna’s brother Christopher Ciccone died after a battle with cancer, his publicist confirmed to DailyMail.com.

Ciccone, 63, passed away peacefully on October 4, surrounded by his husband Ray Thacker and their loved ones at his home in Michigan.

“Christopher’s loving husband stood faithfully by his side during the final stages of the cancer that would ultimately take his life,” his rep said.

He is survived by his Queen of Pop sister and their siblings Martin, Paula, Melanie, Jennifer and Mario, as well as their father and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins ​​and friends.

“He was an extremely talented man with a wicked sense of humor,” said a friend.

Ciccone, 63, passed away peacefully on October 4, surrounded by his husband Ray Thacker and their loved ones at his home in Michigan.

Christopher and his sister worked closely together throughout her career, but fell out in 2008 over Christopher’s amazing book ‘Life with My Sister Madonna’.

His death comes after their stepmother, Joan Clare Ciccone, died on September 24 after a short but aggressive battle with cancer.

Christopher worked throughout his career as a designer, artist and director, organizing concert tours, music videos and films, to commercial, residential interior and furniture design.

Once Madonna’s closest sibling, Christopher began his career as her assistant, dresser, stylist and artistic director.

Madonna and Christopher grew up together in Michigan and learned to dance together.

Christopher then followed Madonna to New York, where she began her long journey to wealth and superstardom.

Christopher was Madonna’s personal assistant and dresser, her interior designer and artistic director of her breathtaking world tours.

Christopher and his sister worked closely together throughout her career, but fell out in 2008 over Christopher’s amazing book ‘Life with My Sister Madonna’

In recent years, Christopher moved to Michigan to be close to his family, many of whom are involved in his father’s winemaking business, Ciccone Vineyards.

But the siblings haven’t been without their problems, with Christopher writing a tell-all book about his relationship with his sister – claiming Guy Ritchie ‘drove up to him’ and admitting the pair ‘never got along’.

He also claimed that Madonna’s romance with the British director was “the death blow to my relationship with her.”

He added that the Material Girl hitmaker was “a middle-class girl who pushes the story that she ended up in Times Square with just a pair of ballet shoes and $35 to her name,” adding that this is “pure mythology and what’s next she progresses, the more mythological her life story becomes’.

Like his brothers, he has also struggled with alcohol and drug abuse, with Madonna paying for his stints in rehab.

She dropped him as her tour director in 2003, after which his tell-all memoir, “Life With My Sister Madonna,” was published in 2008.

In 2016, he married British-born Thacker. The two were often separated by circumstances, as Thacker was confined to England during the pandemic years but ultimately stood by his husband’s side in his battle with cancer.

According to an interview with Evening Standard, his relationship with his sister seemed to improve in 2012.

Madonna goes to her First Communion in 1967 with her siblings Marty, Melanie and Christopher leading the way

He is survived by his husband, Queen of Pop sister and their siblings Martin, Paula, Melanie, Jennifer and Mario, as well as their father

Madonna, center, in 1970 with, from left, sister Paula, uncle Chris, brothers Christopher and Marty, sister Melanie, stepmother Joan and father Silvio

‘(We are) at a perfect personal level at the moment. As far as I’m concerned, we’re in a good place,” he said.

‘We are in touch, even though I haven’t seen her for a long time. We are brother and sister again. I don’t work for her, and it’s better this way.’

Furthermore, he stated that he was proud of his sister: “I couldn’t be more proud of her.” She is a force to be reckoned with. Does she have Barbra Streisand’s voice? No.

‘Can she dance like Martha Graham? Probably not. But the combination of her abilities made her great and left a tremendous legacy for her, and through her, for me. So yeah, God bless her.”

In recent years, Christopher moved to the upper reaches of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula for work and to be closer to his family – many of whom are involved in his father’s winemaking business, Ciccone Vineyards, in Sutton’s Bay near Traverse City.