Madonna's brother, the artist Christopher Ciccone, dies at the age of 63

Christopher Ciccone, artist, designer and younger brother of music phenomenon Madonna, has died of cancer at the age of 63, according to his family.

“Christopher Ciccone died peacefully on October 4, surrounded by his husband and loved ones; surrounded by love,” the Ciccone family said in a statement to ABC News.

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“Like his siblings, Christopher came of age in Rochester, Michigan, where both his personal and creative identities blossomed and revealed a deeply artistic soul,” the statement continued.

The Ciccone family's statement also discussed his work with Madonna.

“Christopher moved to New York City, where he used his craft as a dancer and choreographer to support his sister Madonna's budding singing career,” the statement said.

“His role expanded and his creative life flourished within this community and familial framework – Chris became dresser and creative advisor to his older sister during her meteoric rise; and he continued to thrive in the role of interior designer in the homes owned and occupied by his older siblings in New York, Miami and Los Angeles,” it continued.

After “symbiotic collaboration” with his sister, Ciccone worked as an “interior specialist, shoe designer, memoirist – all while devoting himself to painting as his primary means of personal expression,” his family said.

The deaths of Madonna's brother Anthony Ciccone and her stepmother Joan Gustafson Ciccone preceded the death of Christopher.

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Christopher Ciccone's husband, Ray Thacker, whom he married in 2016, “stood faithfully by his side in the final stages of the cancer that would ultimately end his life.”

According to his family, in addition to his father and sister Madonna, Ciccone is survived by several siblings, nieces, nephews, cousins ​​and friends.

ABC News has reached out to Madonna's representatives for further comment.

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