The interior designer and dancer, who battled cancer, was his sister's creative consultant before they reportedly had a falling-out with the release of his 2008 book, 'Life With My Sister Madonna.'
Ciccone had been battling cancer and died peacefully surrounded by his husband, Ray Thacker, and other loved ones, according to a statement from Ciccone’s rep.
, where she identified him as “gay,” and he accused Madonna’s ex-husband Guy Ritchie of being homophobic. He said the “turning point” in their relationship came when she brought cameras to their mother’s grave for her 1991 documentary,“I kept it inside but I thought to myself, ‘OK, there are no boundaries now.’ You know, my mother’s now become a side — a bit player in her life, life story, and it hurt me,” he toldin 2008. “And my opinion of her altered at that moment.
“I would have to assume she has come to terms with the fact that they do not have a close and loving relationship,” Rosenberg said. “And with the book coming out, I assume that will remove the chances of that ever happening.” His furniture design for Bernhardt Furniture was chosen to be used in President Bill Clinton’s New York office.
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