Christopher Ciccone, Madonna’s younger brother and close collaborator, has died at the age of 63.
His representatives confirmed his death to TMZ, stating that he died of cancer on Friday (4 October) in Michigan.
Working closely with Madonna in her career, Ciccone was an artist, interior decorator, and designer.
He served as the art director on Madonna’s Blond Ambition World Tour in 1990, and was also the tour director for The Girlie Show in 1993.
In the Nineties, he also directed music videos for stars such as Dolly Parton and Tony Bennett.
His relationship with his sister was the subject of his 2008 memoir Life With My Sister Madonna, which went on to become a New York Times bestseller.
His death follows less than two weeks after that of his and Madonna’s stepmother, Joan Clare Ciccone, who also died of cancer.
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