Madonna was inspired to become AIDs activist after the death of gay friend

Pop star Madonna tragically lost a friend to the AIDs crisis, which inspired her to become an activist.

Madonna’s late brother, Christopher Ciccone, revealed in previously unheard tapes how the deaths of Madonna’s gay friends Martin Burgoyne and Christopher Flynn impacted her.

Burgoyne was friends with Madonna before she became famous and unfortunately died in 1986 when he was 23 from AIDs.

They first met when he was a bartender at a club in New York’s East Village and the two friends even shared an apartment. Burgoyne went on to manage her first club tour and designed the cover for Madonna’s 1983 single ‘Burning Up’.

Ciccone spoke about a 1987 gig during Madonna’s Who’s That Girl tour, which raised $400,000 for the American Foundation for AIDs Research in Burgoyne’s honour.

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