Create your free profile or log in to save this articleCreate your free profile or log in to save this articleMadonna's brother Christopher Ciccone, an artist and interior designer, died Friday at 63 after a battle with late-stage cancer. Discovering Dance in our small Midwestern town saved me and then my brother came along, and it saved him too." Madonna poses with her brother Christopher Ciccone, left, and director Alek Keskishian following the premiere showing of her film "Truth or Dare" in Los Angeles in 1991. Madonna wrote, adding that she admired him for his "impeccable taste" and "sharp tongue." In 2008, Ciccone published a memoir, "Life With My Sister Madonna," that caused a rift between the siblings amid an already deteriorating relationship.

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Persons: Christopher Ciccone, Ciccone, Madonna, Alek Keskishian, Julie Markes, I’m, he’s Organizations: Roman Catholic Church, The Police Locations: New York City, Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Manhattan