Madonna Louise Ciccone. “It was like a part of my heart was ripped out.” “I was forced to grow up fast and understand my mother’s death, to understand the psychological — all things that ...

Madonna paid a heartfelt tribute to her younger brother, Christopher Gerard Ciccone, following his passing at age 63 in an ...

on Nov. 22, 1960, Ciccone was the fifth child and third son to Madonna Louise and Silvio Patrick Ciccone. Like his sister, Ciccone held a deep love of music. As a college student, he took dance ...