To celebrate Madonna's 50th birthday on August 16, 2008, we at Gigwise present a look at her glittering career so far in pictures and text. From her humble beginnings in Michigan, to the release of her eleventh studio album Hard Candy. Click through and enjoy...
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Born Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone on August 16, 1958 in Bay City, Michigan. Her mother, Madonna Louise, was of French Canadian descent, and her father, Silvio 'Tony' P. Ciccone was a first generation Italian-American whose parents were from Pacentro. She was the third of six children. Sadly her mother died of breast cancer when Madonna was just five-years old, her father then married their housekeeper. She has admitted in recent interviews that she was very hard on her stepmother.
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