Michaela DePrince, Who Survived Sierra Leone’s Civil War to Become a Star Ballerina, Dies at 29 While living in an orphanage in her war-torn country, she dreamed of being happy, powerful and ...

The family of trailblazing ballerina Michaela Mabinty DePrince is mourning two tragedies after the Boston Ballet soloist and her adoptive mother died just one day apart.. DePrince was born in ...

Michaela DePrince, born Mabinty Bangura, came to the United States from an orphanage in war-torn Sierra Leone after being adopted by the DePrince family.

DePrince died less than 24 hours before her mother, Elaine DePrince, died while undergoing a "routine procedure." The family says it's a tragic coincidence.

The caption noted that Michaela, who was adopted from Sierra Leone by Elaine and Charles DePrince when she was 4 years old, was an example of “grace, purpose, and strength” in her everyday life.

Ballerina Michaela DePrince, known for her remarkable journey from war-torn Sierra Leone to international ballet stardom, tragically passed away at the age of 29 last week. Just 24 hours later ...

Michaela DePrince was born Mabinty Bangura in Sierra Leone, Africa. After her father was killed by rebels and her mother died from disease and starvation, she was dropped off at an orphanage in ...

Michaela DePrince, ... DePrince was born Jan. 6, 1995, in Sierra Leone amid a civil war that counted her parents among its tens of thousands of casualties.

Ms. DePrince, orphaned during the Sierra Leone civil war, rose to worldwide fame. ... Michaela DePrince, ballerina who danced to fame from a war-torn childhood, dies at 29 ...

Michaela DePrince, an orphan from war-torn Sierra Leone who danced to global fame as a ballerina, performing with the Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam and collaborating with Beyoncé on the ...

Michaela DePrince, ... DePrince was born Jan. 6, 1995, in Sierra Leone amid a civil war that counted her parents among its tens of thousands of casualties.

NEW YORK -- Michaela DePrince, an acclaimed ballerina born during the civil war in Sierra Leone whose life story was no less fantastical than the fairy tales that inspire ballet, died in New York ...