Mother of ballerina Michaela DePrince dies day after daughter’s death at 29
nypost.comthe death of her adopted daughter. Elaine DePrince died on Wednesday, September 11 at the age of 77 “during a routine procedure” that took place within 24 hours of her daughter Michaela’s death on September 10, according to a statement posted to Facebook by a spokesperson for the DePrince family, Jessica Volinski.
Michaela was 29.Elaine had been battling “a hereditary disease and heart failure” for many years, and, per Volinski’s statement, did not know that Michaela had passed away when she went in for her procedure.“There has been a great deal of speculation online so the family would like to officially set the record straight about a few things.
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 in the post.“[Michaela’s] 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.” “As unbelievable as it may seem, the two deaths were completely unrelated,” the statement went on. “The only way we can make sense of the senseless is that Elaine, who had already lost three children many years ago, was by the grace of God spared the pain of experiencing the loss of a fourth child.”Volinski ‘s post continued, “What the family is going through right now is truly unimaginably painful.
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