Madonna pays tribute to brother Christopher Ciccone

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******** pays tribute to brother Christopher Ciccone

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Christopher Ciccone accompanied ******** to the Vanity Fair Oscars party in 1998

******** has paid tribute to her brother Christopher Ciccone, who has ***** at the age of 63, describing him as “the closest thing to me for so long”.

Her brother, who was a tour director for the pop star and danced in her early music videos including Lucky Star, ***** from ******* on Friday in Michigan.

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, ********, 66, wrote that their bond was hard to explain but it “grew out of an understanding that we were different”.

She added: “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.”

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The pair performed Holiday on Top of the Pops in 1984, alongside Erikah Belle (left)

The singer explained that “discovering dance in our small Midwestern town saved me and then my brother came along, and it saved him too”.

She wrote: “When I finally got the courage to go to New York to become a dancer, my brother followed, and again we took each other’s hands, and we danced through the madness of New York City.”

She added that the pair “devoured art and music and film like hungry animals” in the city, and “were in the epicentre of all of these things exploding”.

“We danced together on stage in the beginning of my career and eventually, he became my creative director of many tours.”

She added: “My brother was right by my side, he was a painter a poet and a visionary, I admired him.

“He had impeccable taste. And a sharp *******, which he sometimes used against me but I always forgave him.

“We soared the highest heights together, and floundered in the lowest lows.

“Somehow, we always found each other again and we held hands and we kept dancing.”

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Ciccone, pictured here in 2012, was also an artist and interior designer

The pair fell out in 2008 following the release of his autobiography, titled Life With My Sister ********, in which he wrote about her love life and what it was like working for her.

Speaking about reuniting prior to his ******, ******** added: “The last few years have not been easy.

“We did not speak for sometime but when my brother got *****, 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, once again, we held hands, we closed our eyes and we danced, together.

“I’m glad he’s not suffering anymore, there will never be anyone like him. I know he’s dancing somewhere.”

Ciccone was also an artist and interior designer, and directed music videos for other stars including Dolly Parton and Tony Bennett.

********’s stepmother Joan also ***** from ******* recently, and the star’s older brother Anthony ***** early last year.

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