The mother of the late ballerina Michaela DePrince has passed away, just 24 hours after her daughter’s sudden death at the age of 29.
Elaine DePrince died on Wednesday, September 11, one day after the death of her adoptive daughter Michaela, as per a Facebook post from family spokesperson Jessica Volinski.
‘The last few days have been even more difficult than most people realize because the family has also been dealing with the death of Michaela’s adoptive mother Elaine DePrince,’ Volinski wrote.
‘Her mother Elaine died during a routine procedure in preparation for a surgery on September 11th. Michaela died before Elaine and Elaine did not know of Michaela’s passing at the time of her procedure.’
The mother of the late ballerina Michaela DePrince has passed away, just 24 hours after her daughter’s sudden death at the age of 29; Michaela seen in 2022
Michaela’s sudden death was announced her spokesperson on Friday.
DePrince’s family have not offered a cause of death for the young dancer, who won waves of fans by sharing her story as an orphan who escaped violence in Sierra Leone to become a world-renowned ballerina.
Born Mabinty Mangura, she was malnourished and mistreated in an orphanage in the early years of her life, before she was adopted by a couple in New Jersey at the age of four.
