Madonna pays tribute to her late brother and mother with a visit to his grave

Madonna has paid tribute to her late brother, Christopher Ciccone, with a visit to his grave alongside her daughter Lourdes.

His brother, who was an artist, dancer and designer, died at age 63 earlier this month in Michigan after being diagnosed with cancer.

The American pop superstar, 66, posted photos on her Instagram Story, including one of Ciccone’s green marble tombstone, writing “coming home” next to it.

He also visited the grave of his mother, Madonna Fortin Ciccone, who died in 1963 at age 30 after a diagnosis of breast cancer when the singer was five years old.

The Material Girl singer shared a photo of herself kneeling next to a grave while wearing a pink and navy scarf around her head and black sunglasses, as well as an image of red roses placed on the ground.

Her daughter Lourdes, 28, also posed for a photo next to her grandmother’s tombstone while holding red flowers in her hand.

In another emotional black and white archive clip, the Grammy winner can be seen kneeling at her mother’s grave as her brother looks on, which she captioned: “Life is a circle.”

In the video he says: “I wonder what it looks like now, just a pile of dust, I’m going to get in right here, you’re going to bury me on my side.”

Madonna worked alongside her brother over the years, who appeared in her music videos as Lucky Star, art directed her Blond Ambition world tour, and served as tour director for The Girlie Show tour.

After his death, she said he was “the closest thing to me for so long” in a tribute post on Instagram.

Ciccone fell out with his sister in 2008, following the release of the best-selling autobiography Life With My Sister Madonna, in which he wrote about their strained relationship, his romantic entanglements and memories of his time on tour with her.

Speaking of mending their disagreement before Ciccone’s death, Madonna added in her social media tribute post that the last few years had “not been easy” as they did not speak for some time but reconnected after that he got sick.

He added: “I did everything I could 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 suffering anymore, there will never be anyone like him. “I know he’s dancing somewhere.”

During his career, Ciccone also directed music videos for Dolly Parton and Tony Bennett, and was an interior designer for their homes in New York, Miami, and Los Angeles.