Madonna's older brother Anthony Ciccone has died, according to a family member. Madonna's brother-in-law, Joe Henry, married to her sister Melanie, shared the news on his Instagram. "My brother-in-law, Anthony Gerard Ciccone, exited this earthly plane last evening.
I’ve known him since I was 15, in the spring of our lives in Michigan so many years now gone. As brother Dave Henry (who took this photograph) notes here, Anthony was a complex character; and god knows: we tangled in moments, as true brothers can," he wrote beneath a photo of a young Anthony.
A representative for Madonna did not immediately return Fox News Digital's request for comment, however, the 7-time Grammy Award winner did like Henry's post. "But I loved him, and understood him better than I was sometimes willing to let on," Henry continued. "But trouble fades; and family remains — with hands reached across the table.
Farewell, then, brother Anthony. I want to think the god your blessed mother (and mine) believed in has her there, waiting to receive you.
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