Madonna shared somber snaps from her trip to the cemetery on Friday where she and her daughter Lourdes visited the graves of the singer’s late brother and her mother.
The Live a Virgin singer, 66, who has been showing tension in recent days, took to her Instagram Story to share a carousel of snaps as she laid to rest the remains of her brother Christopher after he died of pancreatic cancer earlier of this month.
She wrote ‘Coming home…’ above a photo of her late brother’s green marble gravedigger detailed with his name, date of birth and date of death.
The singer left red roses and stopped by the grave of her mother, Madonna Fortin Ciccone. He died in 1963 at age 30 when the Like a Prayer singer was only five.
Madonna shared somber snaps from her trip to the cemetery on Friday where she and her daughter Lourdes visited the graves of the singer’s late brother and her mother.
Lourdes, 28, knelt next to her grandmother’s tombstone and posed for a photo.
Both the singer’s brother and mother were buried at Calvary Cemetery in Kawkawlin, Michigan.
Lourdes, 28, knelt next to her grandmother’s tombstone and posed for a photo.
The Bay City, Michigan native added a touching video of Levon Henry performing Duke Ellington’s Single Petal of a Rose on the saxophone.
She also made a stop at her grandmother’s house and shared a photo of it, writing: ‘When I was little I thought my Nanoos house was a mansion!’
Madonna’s visit to the cemetery comes less than a month after her brother died on October 4 at just 63 years old.
In a previous post, she shared a heartfelt tribute to her brother, gushing about their bond and how they supported each other through difficult times.
She wrote: ‘My brother Christopher is gone. He was the closest human being to me for a long time. It’s hard to explain our bond. But it came from the realization that we were different and that society was going to give us a hard time for not following the status quo.
‘We held hands and danced through the madness of our childhood. In fact, dance was a kind of glue that held us together.
She wrote ‘Coming home…’ above a photo of her late brother’s green marble gravedigger detailed with his name, date of birth and date of death.
She also made a stop at her grandmother’s house and shared a photo of it, writing: ‘When I was little I thought my Nanoos house was a mansion!’
The singer left red roses and stopped by the grave of her mother, Madonna Fortin Ciccone.
The music icon went on to explain how the love of dance helped the brothers express themselves at a young age.
Madonna continued: “Discovering dance in our small Midwestern town saved me and then my brother came along and that saved him too. My ballet teacher, also named Christopher, created a safe space for my brother to be gay, a word that was not said or even whispered where we lived.
‘When I finally had the courage to go to New York to become a dancer. My brother followed him. And again we held hands and danced through the madness of New York City! We devour art, music and cinema like hungry animals; We were at the epicenter of the explosion of all these things. We danced through the madness of the AIDS epidemic.’
Madonna went on to explain how she and her late brother became thieves when the rebellion helped bring them together.
She wrote: ‘We went to funerals, cried and went out dancing. We danced together on stage at the beginning of my career and eventually he became the creative director for many tours. In terms of good taste, my brother was the Pope and you had to kiss the ring to obtain his blessing.
‘We challenge the Roman Catholic Church, the police, the moral majority and all authority figures who stood in the way of artistic freedom! My brother was next to me. He was a painter, a poet and a visionary.
The Like A Virgin hitmaker concluded the lengthy tribute by talking about the person her brother is and the relationship they built together.
He ended the post writing: ‘I admired him. He had impeccable taste. And a sharp tongue, which he sometimes used against me but I always forgave him. We climb together to the highest heights and fail at the lowest points.
Madonna’s visit to the cemetery comes less than a month after her brother died on October 4 at just 63 years old.
In a previous post, she shared a heartfelt tribute to her brother, gushing about their bond and how they supported each other through difficult times.
She wrote: ‘My brother Christopher is gone. He was the closest human being to me for so long.
‘Somehow, we always found each other again and held hands and kept dancing. The last few years have not been easy. We haven’t talked for some time yet. When my brother got sick. We found our way back to each other.
“I did my best to keep him alive as long as possible. He was in a lot of pain towards the end. Once again, we held hands, closed our eyes and danced. Together. I’m glad he’s not in pain anymore. There will never be Nobody like him. I know he’s dancing somewhere.
In addition to Christopher, the singer has siblings Anthony, Martin, Paula and Melanie from the marriage of her parents, Silvio and Madonna Ciccone.
Madonna’s mother, who shares her same name, died of breast cancer in 1963 at age 30. Following the death of his wife, his father, who is 93 years old, remarried and welcomed his children Jennifer and Mario with his second wife.
The singer is currently dating Akeem Morris, 28, a former college football player and Stony Brook University political science graduate.