DePrince was born Mabinty Bangura in Kenema, Sierra Leone, in 1995. She grew up in an orphanage, where she was mistreated for ...

Elaine DePrince died a day after her daughter Michaela passed away. "Grieving two family members who died within a 24 hour ...

While living in an orphanage in her war-torn country, she dreamed of being happy, powerful and successful.

A day after Boston ballerina Michaela Mabinty DePrince died at the age of 29, her adopted mother Elaine DePrince died at 77 ...

The trailblazing ballerina was 29 at the time of her death. While few details are known about her death on Sept. 10, the ...

DePrince died less than 24 hours before her mother, Elaine DePrince, died while undergoing a "routine procedure." The family ...

Ballerina Michaela Mabinty DePrince’s family had two losses in September, including her adoptive mother, Elaine DePrince ...

Elaine DePrince, 77, had not been made aware of her 29-year-old daughter's death when she began preparation for her own ...

Elaine DePrince, the mother of ballerina Michaela DePrince, died within 24 hours of her daughter, having no idea she had died ...

The mother of trailblazing ballerina Michaela DePrince tragically died one day after her 29-year-old daughter's sudden death ...

Michaela died before Elaine and Elaine did not know of Michaela’s passing at the time,” the family said in a statement.

Elaine DePrince, the adoptive mother of ballerina Michaela DePrince, passed away one day after Michaela's sudden death at age ...