His brother-in-law Joe Henry broke the news on Instagram: “I’ve known him since he was 15, in the spring of our lives in Michigan, so many years have passed,” wrote the composer, who is married to Madonna’s sister, Melanie Ciccone. The cause of death has not yet been revealed.
Madonna’s large family
The interpreter of the greatest hits in history was born in a house made up of seven other siblings: Paula (63), Christofer (62), Melanie (61), Martin (65), Jennifer (55), Mario (54) and the late Anthony. The artist’s childhood, which was spent in Michigan, was not easy, since her mother lost her life at just 33 years of age due to breast cancer. In addition, after a few months her father rebuilt her life with another woman, moving away from them until she completely lost contact with him. “I’ve come to feel incredibly alone,” the Queen of Pop confessed to Ellen DeGeneres in 2010.
Following the family tradition, the singer came to form a cozy home with her six children Lourdes, 27, Rocco, 23, David Banda, 18, Mercy James, 17, and twins Stella and Estere, 12. Most of them have inherited their mother’s artistic talent and are following in her footsteps in show business, although in various disciplines, from acting, like Rocco, the result of her marriage to British director Guy Ritchie, to modeling, in the case of his eldest daughter.
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