Madonna’s oldest brother Anthony Ciccone’s ’cause of death revealed’

Madonna’s older brother’s cause of death has been revealed to be due to a combination of respiratory failure and throat cancer, it has been reported.

Anthony Ciccone died at the age of 66 in February, reportedly due to oropharyngeal cancer, which can be caused by smoking.

TMZ reported that the death certificate shows that he was cremated and that tobacco use contributed to his death.

She was receiving treatment at a Michigan nursing facility when she passed away, which was paid for by Madonna.

The publication alleges that Anthony had his feeding and breathing tubes removed two days before he passed away, despite knowing the consequences.

Madonna broke her silence about her death a day after the news of her passing broke, via Instagram.

While paying tribute to her late brother, the 64-year-old Queen of Pop fondly recalled the wisdom he passed on to her, from different religions and her favorite novelists to music recommendations.

“Thank you for blowing my mind as a child and introducing me to Charlie Parker, Miles David, Buddhism, Taoism, Charles Bukowski, Richard Brautigan, Jack Kerouac, out-of-the-box expansive thinking,” she captioned a sepia recollection. ‘You planted many important seeds.’

In the photo, uploaded to her Instagram Story on Monday morning, she can be seen smiling at a crowded table alongside numerous friends and Anthony.

As she had her arm wrapped around a man in a black leather jacket and leopard print shawl draped over his shoulders, the singer’s brother looked handsome as he looked away from the camera.

Less than an hour later, he shared behind-the-scenes footage from rehearsals for his upcoming 40th anniversary The Celebration Tour, which he announced in January.

‘Thank God I have my creative life to inspire me and keep me going… ♥️’, she captioned the recording, along with a ‘grateful’ hashtag.

In the video, she can be seen working with her dancers on stage, before saying, “See you later.”

In a statement, Joe Henry, husband of Madonna’s sister Melanie Ciccone, wrote: “My brother-in-law, Anthony Gerard Ciccone, left this earthly plane last night. I’ve known him since he was 15 years old, in the spring of our lives in Michigan, many years ago.

Madonna, who was born in Michigan to Catholic parents, grew up in suburban Detroit with five siblings, the eldest of whom was Anthony, born two years before her in 1956.

Although she moved to New York in 1978 to pursue dance and embarked on what was to be a highly successful career, he remained in Michigan for the most part, working from time to time for his father, before leaving. being a victim of alcoholism and homelessness.

‘Anthony was a complex character; and God knows: we get tangled up at times, as real brothers can. But he loved him and understood him better than he was sometimes willing to admit,” he added.

‘But the problems fade away; and family remains – with folded hands on the table. Goodbye, then, brother Antonio. I want to think that the god your blessed mother (and mine) believed in has her there, waiting for you. At least for today, no one will dissuade me from this vision,’ Ciccone said at the end of his note.

Like Madonna, Cicconi also spent time in New York in her 30s in the late 1980s.

Carolina Gengo, 59, who was dating him at the time, described him positively. “He was a lost soul trying to find his way, but he was a good person,” she said.

I had books everywhere, that was all I really had. He liked to read about life and philosophy,” Gengo said. “And he wanted to sit down and talk about it,” he added.

“He talked about what it was like to be Madonna’s brother, he didn’t like being known as Madonna’s brother,” he said.

Gengo recounted an occasion when on his birthday his sister’s assistant called to ask how much money he wanted as a gift. That, she said, she alienated him.

After a few years of sleeping rough under a bridge in Michigan, Madonna’s family said they would reinstate Anthony in 2017.

It came after years of publicly suggesting that his family had turned their backs on him. ‘I am a zero in his eyes; a non-person, a shame’, he told the Daily Mail in 2011.

“If I froze to death, my family probably wouldn’t know or care about it for six months.”

Ciccone said at the time that she had been living under a bridge over a river in Michigan with a sleeping bag and her only companion, another homeless man named Michael.

Ciccone said she had been among the homeless at the Traverse City ski resort since losing a job at her father’s vineyard and winery six miles away.

His father and stepmother own a vineyard about 20 miles north of where Anthony slept rough under the Union St. Bridge in Traverse City.

“My family basically turned their back on me when I was going through a difficult time,” he said. ‘Do you think I haven’t answered this question a million times? Why is my sister a billionaire and I am homeless on the street? Never say Never. This could happen to anyone.

He said he was angry that some would find it funny that the brother of such a famous star would end up living under a bridge. He was adamant at that point that he didn’t want any of the money from him, whether they offered it to him or not.

“I’m not looking to receive a free handout for my sister,” he said. I’m not looking for publicity. Instead, he relies on the generosity of soup kitchens run by local churches for food.

Ciccone, who said he once worked in the Alaskan fishing industry and as a photographer’s assistant in New York, now makes a few bucks doing odd jobs and picking up bottles and cans from people’s trash cans.

Madonna knew of his plight and repeatedly offered to help by paying him to go into rehab. Her father also offered to return her work if she got professional help.

However, he had not always been receptive. “My family seems to think that rehabilitation is some kind of magical panacea for life’s ills,” he once said.

However, things seemed to be looking up for Cicconi after a period of rehabilitation in 2017 and his reintegration into family life.

Karen McCarthy, founder of Dann’s House rehabilitation clinic, confirmed his stay, telling Sunday People: “Anthony loved Dann’s House for quite some time and made significant improvements in his life while with us.”

‘Dann’s House does a good job with vulnerable people. We have seen tremendous and positive results.’