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Sierra Leone ballerina Michaela Mabinty DePrince, who starred in Beyoncé video, dies aged 29

Michaela DePrince in Johannesburg, South Africa on July 9, 2012.Denis Farrell/AP/File via CNN Newsource
September 14, 2024
Rosa Rahimi - CNN

(CNN) — Michaela Mabinty DePrince, the ballerina born during a civil war in Sierra Leone who performed in Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’ visual album, has died aged 29, according to an announcement posted to her official Instagram page.

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