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Madonna's brother Christopher Ciccone dies aged 63

Christopher Ciccone, the artist and designer who was the younger brother of Madonna, has died at the age of 63.

Madonna and Christopher Ciccone at the Disney party following the Golden Globes ceremony (Photo by Gary Friedman/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) The book caused some friction within the family, with Ciccone writing about the personal toil his sister went through during her relationship and subsequent breakup with film director Guy Ritchie. Ciccone also said that Madonna had outed him in a 1991 interview with The Advocate in which she said: “My brother Christopher’s gay, and he and I have always been the closest members of my family.”

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