Madonna’s older brother Anthony Gerard Ciccone died Saturday at the age of 66. This was announced by Joe Henry, the husband of the singer’s sister, Melanie Ciccone.
“My brother-in-law Anthony Gerard Ciccone left the earthly world last night. I’ve known him since I was 15 years old. <…> He was a complex man, and God knows we were confused for a moment, which is true of brothers. But I loved it and sometimes understood better than I thought. Troubles pass, but the family remains,” Henry wrote on Instagram (the owner of Meta was considered an extremist in Russia and was banned).
The cause of death was not reported.
How writer Anthony Ciccone had a difficult relationship with his relatives: he struggled with alcoholism for years and was homeless – living under a bridge, TMZ said. Ciccone accused Madonna and other family members of not taking care of her. “In their eyes, I am zero and not a person. “I think if I froze to death, my family wouldn’t even know about it,” he said.