Dancer and designer who wrote autobiography about strained relationship with sister died of cancer in Michigan
Madonna paid tribute to her brother“Its hard to explain our bond,” she wrote. “But it grew out of an understanding that we were different and society was going to give us a hard time for not following the status quo. We took each other‘s hands and we danced through the madness of our childhood. In fact dance was a kind of superglue that held us together.”
She said they had not spoken for a while until Ciccone fell ill, when “we found our way back to each other. I did my best to keep him alive as long as possible. He was in so much pain towards the end … I’m glad he’s not suffering anymore. There will never be anyone like him.” In 2008, Ciccone released a bestselling autobiography called Life with My Sister Madonna in which he wrote about their strained relationship, her romantic entanglements as well as recollections from his time on tour with her. For two decades, he was by her side, choreographing, directing, dressing and helping his sister. He also interior designed her homes in New York, Miami and Los Angeles. He said that it was a bit like a marriage at times.
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