The late Christopher “Chris” Gerard Ciccone, Madonna’s brother, is remembered as a “visionary” who “danced through the madness” of life with her.
Details On death Of Christopher
Following Christopher’s confirmation to PEOPLE that the pop icon’s sibling passed away on Friday, October 4, at the age of 63 from cancer, Madonna paid a moving homage to her sibling on Instagram on October 6, referring to her as “the closest human to me for so long.”
Madonna, 66, started her statement by sharing some of her first recollections from her time with Christopher, accompanied by a series of pictures of her and Christopher taken on set and at award presentations over the years.
Explaining our bond is difficult. However, it commenced with the conclusion that we were specific and that society might penalize us for defying conference,” Madonna wrote. “We held fingers and danced our way through our adolescence’s insanity.
Following her statement that a ballet teacher had “created a safe space for my brother to be gay,” Madonna described how Christopher had followed her to New York, Wherein she had “sooner or later were given the braveness” to pursue her dream of turning into a dancer.
We danced and wecried when we attended funerals. At one point in my career, we danced together on stage, and he went on to become the artistic director of numerous tours
After that, Madonna described Christopher as “a painter, a poet, and a visionary.”
Together, we experienced the greatest highs and the lowest lows. We kept dancing and holding hands because we always managed to find each other again,” she continued.
Working alongside his sister in her formative years, Christopher was the art director of the singer’s 1990 Blond Ambition World Tour and the production design lead for her 1993 The Girlie Show. In addition, he offered Madonna his services as a creative adviser, backup dancer, and dresser.
In his later years, Christopher “kept working: as an interior decorator, a shoe designer, a memoirist — all the while devoting himself to painting as his primary mode of personal expression.”
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