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Elaine DePrince (née DiGiacomo, August 6, 1947 – September 11, 2024) was an American author, hemophilia activist, teacher, and advocate of adoptive parenting.The mother of 11 children, she is best known as the adoptive mother of ballet star Michaela DePrince and the co-author of her memoir, Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina (2014).
[38] [39] As of September 16, the cause of her death has not been determined. [10] In a statement, her family requested that people donate to War Child, an organization DePrince supported, in lieu of sending flowers. [1] DePrince died one day before her adoptive mother, Elaine, died from heart failure. [10]
From September 1999 until his death, she was married to playwright Neil Simon, who died on August 26, 2018, from complications of pneumonia after being on life-support while hospitalized for kidney failure. [12] Joyce has a daughter, Taylor Joyce Van, with Bobby Van and a son, Michael Levoff, with Jeff Levoff. [13]
Through it all, Elaine was his silent business partner — and his wife, for 51 years, before Jack died in 2011 at the age of 96. Their illustrious careers earned them the titles "Godfather" and ...
Elaine DePrince, the late ballerina’s mom, died on Sept. 11, died during a routine procedure in preparation for a surgery, according to family spokesperson Jess Volinski.
Elaine Devry, who appeared in such films as “The Atomic Kid” and “A Guide for the Married Man” and dozens of television series, died Sept. 20 at her home in Grants Pass, Oregon, according ...
Thelma Elaine Mahnken was born on January 10, 1930, to Fred P. and Hortense Mahnken, in Compton, California, where she was raised. [1] [2] She has a brother Jack and Jeff, Jeff, was three years her senior. [3]
Michaela DePrince, one of the ballet world’s brightest stars, has died. She was 29. An orphan of war in Sierra Leone, ... Elaine and Charles DePrince, and moved to Cherry Hill, New Jersey. ...