Ballet dancer Michaela DePrince, who left this world at 29, dated Skyler Maxey-Wert in 2015, but he didn’t end up being her husband.
According to several sources, Michaela was dating Skyler Maxey-Wert in 2015, and she even talked about him in her book Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina.
Skyler Maxey-Wert is an American ballet dancer and singer/songwriter from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, who performed at the Irene Diamond Summer Institute in 2013 with his ballet partner Michaela.
However, the exact time when they started dating remains unclear, and reports indicate that they separated long before. Apart from this relationship, ballerina Michaela did not have any other publicly known relationships.
Until her demise on September 13, 2024, ballerina Michaela DePrince was single and didn’t have anyone to call her husband.
The tragic news of Michaela DePrince’s demise leaves everyone in shock!
Sierra Leonean-American ballet dancer and Nike’s ambassador Michaela DePrince left this world at the early age of 29 leaving the world of dance in deep sorrow and shock.
On September 13, 2024, her team made an Instagram post in which they shared the loss of star ballerina Michaela. However, the exact cause of her passing has not been disclosed publicly.
Michaela DePrince was without a doubt a ballet legend. She pushed ballet doors open for a whole generation of black dancers, her influence will be felt for many years.
— Ana Plum Fairy 👸🏼✨ (@snowweisz_) September 13, 2024
Rest in power pic.twitter.com/Os43qjg70V
Well, this news of Michaela’s untimely demise has left the ballet and sports world and her fans shocked. Nike, a brand in which Michaela served as an ambassador, shared the grief of their beloved member of the Nike family, Michaela’s passing.
Nike’s official Instagram page wrote, “We are heartbroken by the passing of Michaela Mabinty DePrince. Mabinty was an incredible athlete who inspired us and people around the world to pursue their dreams—no matter the barriers or obstacles.”
Additionally, there are many users on several social media platforms, including X, expressing their deep condolences towards ballet legend Michaela.
Additional Information
- Michaela DePrince was born on 6 January 1995 as Mabinty Bangura into a Muslim family, and she grew up as an orphan in Sierra Leone until age 3.
- In 1999, Elaine and Charles DePrince, a couple from Cherry Hill, New Jersey, adopted her at the age of four and brought her to the United States, where she grew up with eleven other children.
- Her adoptive parents were told that the Revolutionary United Front shot and killed her father when she was three years old, and her mother starved to death shortly afterward.
