Madonna\u2019s family is deeply saddened by the passing of her stepmother, Joan Ciccone.<\/p>\n
According to the obituary for the \u00abLike a Virgin\u00bb singer, Joan Ciccone passed away on Tuesday after a long and brave battle with an aggressive form of cancer.<\/p>\n
During Madonna\u2019s childhood in Michigan, Joan worked as the family\u2019s housekeeper. After Madonna\u2019s mother tragically died from cancer at the age of 30, Joan went on to marry Madonna\u2019s father, Silvio Ciccone, a few years later.<\/p>\n
Together, Joan and Silvio had two children: Jennifer, Madonna\u2019s half-sister, and Mario, Madonna\u2019s half-brother.<\/p>\n
Joan made appearances in a few documentaries about Madonna, including \u00abI\u2019m Going to Tell You a Secret\u00bb and an episode of the television series \u00abBiography.\u00bb<\/p>\n
Like Madonna, Joan was born and raised in Michigan. While raising a large family with Silvio, she established and operated a daycare for two decades.<\/p>\n
Additionally, Joan and Madonna\u2019s father started Ciccone Vineyard and Winery in Michigan, where they built their wine business from the ground up. Joan took on many roles there, from planting the vines and harvesting grapes to preparing food for events at the tasting room. She also had a passion for antiques and fashion.<\/p>\n
Joan\u2019s family fondly remembers her for the \u201centhusiasm, joy, and love\u201d she brought into their lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Madonna\u2019s family is deeply saddened by the passing of her stepmother, Joan Ciccone. According to the obituary for the \u00abLike a Virgin\u00bb singer, Joan Ciccone passed away on Tuesday after a long and brave battle with an aggressive form of cancer. During Madonna\u2019s childhood in Michigan, Joan worked as the family\u2019s housekeeper. After Madonna\u2019s mother […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2723,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-random-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3055"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3056,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3055\/revisions\/3056"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}