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Motsi Mabuse mourns the death of Dancing With The Stars' Michaela DePrince who passed away at just 29


Motsi Mabuse, 43, took to Instagram on Friday to mourn the death of Dancing With The Stars' Michaela DePrince whose death at just 29 was announced earlier that day.

DePrince's family have not yet offered a cause of death for ‘Mamma E’ or 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. From the very beginning of our story back in Africa, sleeping on a shared mat in the orphanage, Michaela (Mabinty) and I used to make up our own musical theater plays and act them out.’ She served as an Ambassador for War Child Holland and would often ‘fly to third-world countries to provide orphans and children with dance classes,’ her sister shared on Instagram.

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