Madonna's legendary Celebration tour might be over, but the global icon's decision to include a tribute to her own mother in the show still lives on in the singer-songwriter's mind. Following the ...

As a child growing up in Michigan ... the superstar speaks about losing her 30-year-old mother, Madonna Louise Ciccone, to breast cancer in 1963. "What happened you know when I was [5] years ...

“What happened, you know, when I was [5] years old, it was just the greatest event of my life,” said Madonna about her mother, who she’s named after, Madonna Louise Ciccone. “It was like a ...

Madonna Louise Ciccone was just 30 when she died in 1963 ... It was too much for a child I think," she added, confessing that she felt an "emptiness" after her mother's death.

“What happened you know when I was [5] years old, it was just the greatest event of my life,” the singer says of losing her mother, Madonna Louise Ciccone ... much for a child I think ...

“What happened you know when I was [5] years old, it was just the greatest event of my life,” Madonna says of her mother, Madonna Louise Ciccone ... was too much for a child I think.” The singer’s ...

Madonna Louise Ciccone. “It was like a part of my heart was ripped out.” “I was forced to grow up fast and understand my mother’s death, to understand the psychological, all things that were going on.