Singer Madonna mourns the loss of her older brother. Anthony Ciccone has died at the age of 66. This was communicated by a family member of the singer of Italian descent, writes the BBC website. Anthony was one of the star’s seven siblings and died on Friday night. In his life he struggled with alcoholism which had led to homelessness. He had also lived under a bridge for a time.
His brother-in-law Joe Henry broke the news on Instagram: “I’ve known him since I was 15, in the spring of our lives in Michigan, so many years now,” wrote songwriter Henry, who is married to his sister. by Madonna, Melanie Ciccone. The cause of death is not yet confirmed.
Both Madonna and other family members were estranged from Anthony. He battled alcoholism for years and blamed the singer and the rest of the Ciccones for not helping him: “I’m a zero in their eyes, not a person. i am a disgrace If I froze to death, my family probably wouldn’t know or care.” For six months,” Anthony himself had told a tabloid years ago, who had fiery words for his world star sister: “I never loved her, she never loved me. We never loved each other”.