Madonna honored her older brother, Anthony Ciccone, on Monday, in an Instagram story shared days after his death. The "Vogue" singer broke her silence on Anthony's death with a throwback snap and a list of a few pivotal points she learned from her late sibling.
Fox News Digital confirmed Ciccone died on Friday, Feb. 24. He was 66. "Thank you for blowing my mind as a young girl and introducing me to Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Buddhism, Taoism," she wrote underneath a photo with her brother.
Madonna added a few more notable teachings, "Charles Bukowski, Richard Brautigan, Jack Kerouac, Expansive Thinking Outside the Box. "You planted many important seeds." Joe Henry, Madonna's sister Melanie's husband, first shared the news of Anthony's death on social media.
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Joe Henry (@joehenrymusic) "My brother-in-law, Anthony Gerard Ciccone, exited this earthly plane last evening.
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