Christopher Ciccone, an artist, dancer and designer whose memoir chronicled a sometimes fractious relationship with his famous older pop-star sister Madonna, has died. He was 63. Ciccone died of cancer on Friday,

Pop music star Madonna has posted photos and a heartfelt message remembering her brother Christopher Ciccone, who died of cancer over the weekend. He was 63. "My brother Christopher is gone. He was the closest human to me for so long.

“I’m glad he’s not suffering anymore. There will never be anyone like him. I know he’s dancing somewhere,” Madonna wrote. Ciccone is survived by his father Silvio Ciccone, his siblings, nieces, nephews, cousins and husband Ray Thacker.