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☆ Ballerina Michaela Mabinty DePrince, 29, and her mom died within 24 hours of each other
  + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Liz Calvario | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +3 min
Just one day after Boston Ballet principal soloist Michaela Mabinty DePrince died at the age of 29, her adoptive mother also passed away from an unrelated illness. Michaela DePrince’s death on Wednesday was announced on her Instagram later that week. In her post, Volinski first thanked people for their outpouring of support amid Michaela DePrince’s death before elaborating on Elaine DePrince’s passing. Michaela died before Elaine and Elaine did not know of Michaela’s passing at the time of her procedure,” the statement continues. Michaela DePrince’s death was announced on Friday in an Instagram post.
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☆ Michaela DePrince, a Sierra Leonean American ballerina for Boston ballet, dies at 29
  + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +2 min
LOS ANGELES — Sierra Leonean ballerina Michaela Mabinty DePrince, who starred in TV show “Dancing with the Stars” and Beyonce’s “Lemonade” music video album, died on Friday at the age of 29, her family said. “It is with profound sadness we announce the sudden passing of our beautiful sister, Michaela Mabinty DePrince. She was an unforgettable inspiration to everyone who knew her or heard her story,” her family said in its statement. She was adopted in 1999 at the age of four by New Jersey couple Elaine and Charles DePrince, who enrolled her in ballet classes. Aged 14, DePrince was awarded a scholarship to attend the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School to study ballet.
Persons: Michaela Mabinty DePrince, Michaela, ”, DePrince, Misty Copeland, ” Copeland, Mabinty, Elaine, Charles DePrince, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Organizations: ANGELES, Sierra Leonean, Facebook, New, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, Boston Ballet Locations: Sierra, American, ’, Kenema, Sierra Leone, malnourishment, New Jersey
☆ Michaela Mabinty DePrince: Ballerina, 29, who starred in Beyoncé video dies
  + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Rosa Rahimi | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +4 min
CNN —Michaela Mabinty DePrince, the ballerina born during a civil war in Sierra Leone who performed in Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’ visual album, has died aged 29, according to an announcement posted to her official Instagram page. DePrince told the WSJ she thought it was a joke when she heard the singer wanted her for the video, who told DePrince in person it was an ‘honor’ to have her star. Ballerina Michaela DePrince teaches a ballet class at One World Observatory in New York City on April 26, 2017. “From the very beginning of our story back in Africa, sleeping on a shared mat in the orphanage, Michaela (Mabinty) and I used to make up our own musical theater plays and act them out. Michaela DePrince in Johannesburg, South Africa on July 9, 2012.
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