In Memoriam: Fallen Stars of 2024

Madonna's extended household is successful mourning.

The popular queen's younger member Christopher Ciccone, 1 of her 7 siblings, has died. He was 63.

The creator and interior decorator died of crab Oct. 4, his rep told People successful a statement, adding that helium passed distant "peacefully" with hubby Ray Thacker by his side.

E! News has reached retired to Christopher's rep for remark and has not heard back.

In summation to his spouse and his sister Madonna, Christopher is besides survived by siblings Martin Ciccone, Paula Ciccone, Melanie Ciccone, Jennifer Ciccone and Mario Ciccone, arsenic good arsenic begetter Silvio "Tony" Ciccone.

Christopher was preceded successful decease by oldest member Anthony Ciccone, who died successful 2023 astatine property 66 of respiratory nonaccomplishment and pharynx cancer, parent Madonna Ciccone, who passed distant from bosom crab successful 1963 astatine 30, and stepmother Joan Ciccone, who died astatine property 81 Sept. 24, also aft a crab battle.

Madonna, 66, has not publically commented connected Christopher's death, which comes 16 years aft the 2 had a falling retired implicit his tell-all autobiography Life With My Sister Madonna.

At the clip of its 2008 release, Madonna's rep had told the Associated Press that portion the "Vogue" vocalist had not work the publication but recovered it "very upsetting" that Christopher "decided to merchantability a publication based connected his sister."

"She astir apt thinks of it arsenic a hopeless effort for attraction and money," Christopher told the Guardian successful an interrogation published successful January 2009. "And, ultimately, a betrayal. I deliberation of it arsenic a thesaurus—it's antithetic ways of defining radical and myself—and besides arsenic different portion of art."

In his memoir, Christopher wrote that helium had hoped the publication would assistance him specify himself and abstracted from Madonna "at last." However, helium added, "After getting immoderate position connected our story, I yet recognize and judge that 1 facet of my beingness volition ne'er change: I was calved my mother's son, but I volition dice my sister's brother."

Christopher and his siblings were raised successful Michigan. He worked with Madonna successful the earlier years of her vocation arsenic her dresser and a manager of her Blond Ambition and Girlie Show tours successful the '90s, spearheaded the interior decoration of her houses and besides occasionally lived with her, the Guardian reported.

In the connection to People, his rep said that pursuing Christopher's "symbiotic collaboration" with Madonna, helium "continued to work: arsenic an interior specialist; a decorator of footwear; a memoirist—all the portion dedicating himself to coating arsenic his superior mode of idiosyncratic expression."

In 2012, Christopher shared an optimistic update astir his ties with Madonna.

"It's been a bumpy roadworthy backmost to a decent narration betwixt us, and we've gotten there," helium told Hollywood Life successful an on-camera interview, "It's a member and sister happening now, which is great, which is wherever it needed to go."

He continued, "After moving unneurotic for 25 years, it was clip to benignant of get retired of that world, for maine anyway, and past fig retired and enactment connected different things. But it'll ever beryllium a portion of my beingness and I don't regret immoderate of that stuff."

Christopher said helium felt "great" astir penning his book. "It was thing that I needed to bash for myself," helium said, "just truthful I didn't spell brainsick trying to crawl retired from nether that large shadow."