But while critics wrote Madonna off as the “archetypal high school slut,” as Gabriel puts ... “Throughout her life, she’s fought her way out of one box after another,” Gabriel says.

It’s the school I used to go to ... The death cast a long shadow over Madonna’s life. The star has admitted it’s made her more aware of her mortality, telling Interview magazine in 2014 ...

When Madonna returned home ... as she had felt the opposite in many other areas of her life. "In school and in my neighborhood and everything, I felt like such an outsider, a misfit, a weirdo.

In a surprising turn of events, the iconic pop star Madonna will see her life story transformed into a miniseries on Netflix ...

From childhood to chart-topping success, Stacker compiled interviews, articles, and chart data to present the story of Madonna's life so far.