Michelina Ciccone, My Paternal Grandmother, Born
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Michelina Ciccone, my paternal Gaetano Ciccone, my paternal grandmother, born April 1902. grandfather, born January 1900. Silvio “Tony” Ciccone, my father, in 1952. My mother, Madonna, in 1953. My mother in her prime, riding a buffalo, 1951. My sister Madonna, age one, January, 1959. Madonna, age two, on a swing on our garden at Thors Street, August, 1959. Me showing off my assets, April, 1961. My mother in the backyard, just before she was diagnosed with cancer, February, 1964. My father in the kitchen, looking young and handsome, April, 1958. Madonna’s first communion, 1967. Her mugging and me annoyed as usual, while my sister Melanie and brother Marty smile for the camera. The 1967 family Christmas picture—starting with me on the far left, Madonna next to me, my uncle Trevor, Melanie, and then Paula, and in the background, Marty on the left, my uncle Ed, and my brother Anthony at the top of the pyramid. Madonna’s elementary school class picture. Jennifer’s baptism, 1968. Me with the tie, Madonna with the orange ribbon, and Joan in blue. A portrait of us in San Matteo, taken in 1970 during our road trip of America. In the front from left to right, Paula, me, Madonna, Melanie—the girls all in their Butterick sundresses—my uncle Chris in the back, Marty, Joan, and my father. Our house on Oklahoma Avenue. Madonna and Paula at a 1977 family function—both in couture by Joan. Just goofing off—from front to back, Mario, Madonna sucking her thumb, me in the beret, and my brother Anthony, 1979. My maternal grandmother, Elsie, Madonna, and Joan’s mother, Rose, taken after Madonna’s Like a Virgin tour came to Detroit in May, 1985. Madonna in a Shanghai restaurant, prior to the shooting of Shanghai Surprise, which premiered in August, 1986. Madonna, the day before the Dick Tracy premiere, 1990. Madonna and Gaultier in Tokyo before Blond Ambition, 1990. Carlos and me at Madonna’s 1996 birthday at the Delano, Miami. Same event, with Gianni Versace. The Planet Hollywood opening in Cannes in May, 1997—me, Demi, Naomi, and Kate. Madonna pregnant with Lola, with me in Madonna and Marty at the background, in the kitchen at the Oklahoma notorious “butter” Thanksgiving, 1996. Avenue house in Michigan in 1996. Dan Sehres and me, at a party at the Atlantic in 1997. Me and Daniel Hoff on his birthday, 1997. Madonna with Guy Oseary, Evita, and Chiquita in Miami, Thanksgiving, 1997. Me and Niki Harris, 1997. Lori Petty, Me, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Chris Lee, Halloween, 1999. John Enos and me, Atlantic Restaurant, 1998. Alek Keshishian, Daniel Hoff, Ingrid Casares, and Kate Moss at a party in New York, 1998. Ingrid, Madonna, Stephen Dorff, and Chris Paciello at a party at Ingrid’s Miami club, Liquid, in 1999. New Year’s at the Versace Mansion, 1999—Ingrid spoon-feeding Madonna as usual. Madonna and Carlos visit my father’s vineyard in 1995. From left to right, me seated, Jennifer, my nephew Levon, Madonna seated on a chair in the center—just like a queen. Standing behind her from left to right, Melanie, Anthony’s girlfriend, Anthony, Joan, my father, Carlos, and Paula. Ciccone Vineyard and Winery in Traverse City, Michigan, 2003..