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‘Truly unimaginably painful’: Mother of ballerina Michaela DePrince died 24 hours after daughter’s death

‘Truly unimaginably painful’: Mother of ballerina Michaela DePrince died 24 hours after daughter’s death

Michaela Mabinty DePrince, a Sierra Leonean-American ballet dancer, died at 29 on September 10, 2024. Though the cause of death was not provided, her family said in a statement on her Instagram page, “Rest in Power: Ballerina Michaela Mabinty DePrince. “With pain in our hearts, we share the loss of star ballerina Michaela Mabinty DePrince,…

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