Madonna has released an emotional statement following the news of her younger brother's death . Christopher Ciccone has died at the age of 63, with his cause of death being confirmed as cancer. Now the iconic songstress, 66, has released an emotional post on Instagram to share her sorrow.
Madonna , who shared a reel of images of the pair, started: "My brother Christopher is gone. He was the closest human to me for so long. Its hard to explain our bond.
" READ MORE: Lauryn Goodman hits back at critics of controversial KW necklace and fumes 'get over it' READ MORE: Girls Aloud's Sarah Harding's mum gives emotional speech at unveiling of plaque in star's honour She continued: "But it grew out of an understanding that we were different and society was going to give us a hard time for not following the status quo. We took each other‘s hands and we danced through the madness of our childhood. In fact dance was a kind of superglue that held us together.
" Madonna went on to describe a dance school saved both her and her brother. "My ballet Teacher, also named Christopher- created a safe space for my brother to be Gay. A word that was not spoken or even whispered where we lived.
When I finally got the courage to go to New York to become a Dancer, my brother followed. "And again we took each other’s hands, and we danced through the madness of New York City! We devoured Art and Music And Film like hungry animals. We were in the epicenter of all of these things exploding.
We danced th.