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Madonna Recalls Pain of Losing Mom to Cancer When She Was 5 in New Doc: 'Like a Part of My Heart Was Ripped Out'

Madonna discusses the death of her mother, Madonna Louise Ciccone, and how it cast a shadow over her childhood in the new Sky documentary 'Becoming Madonna'.

In archival clips and audio featured in the new Sky documentary Becoming Madonna, the Queen of Pop, 66, opens up about how losing her mom — who died in 1963 at the age of 30 after being diagnosed with breast cancer — affected her. “I think when my mother died things changed emotionally with everybody,” Christopher says, adding of his sister, “I know my father put a great deal more pressure on her to be our guide. I stepped into the station wagon and shut the door not knowing it was the last time I’d see her," she began the post, referencing the moment in the show where she sang to a black-and-white photo of her mother on a screen.

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