American pop star Madonna lost her sibling, Anthony Gerard Ciccone. The singer's older brother has passed away at the age of 66.. The death of a loved one was announced by musician Joe Henry, married to Madonna's sister, Melan. " I've known him since I was 15, since the spring of our life in Michigan, when so many years have passed.. As brother Dave Henry (who took this photo) points out here, Anthony was a difficult man and god knows, at some points we quarreled with him, as befits real brothers, but I loved him and understood him better than I sometimes wanted to admit, but trouble. Farewell Brother Anthony. I want to think that the god your blessed mother (and mine) believed in is holding her there, waiting to receive you.. At least today no one will dissuade me from this vision,"

Madonna herself has not yet reacted to the death of her brother..

As you know, for a long time between them it was quite difficult to relate. Anthony suffered from alcoholism for a long time and lived like a homeless man. In his interviews after another rehabilitation in 2011, he stated that Madonna hates him, and the whole family wants him dead. " I am a disgrace. If I had frozen to death, my family probably wouldn't know about it and wouldn't worry about it for six months.. I never loved her (Madonna - ed.. ), she never loved me. We never loved each other,"