Sally Brayley: key obituary facts
Is Sally Brayley dead? Yes. Sally Brayley died on June 18, 2026, at age 88.
Cause of death: Sally Brayley's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Sally Brayley known for?
Sally Brayley was a Canadian-American ballet dancer.
More about Sally Brayley
Born: (1937-09-18) September 18, 1937 (age 88)London, England, UK.
Sally Brayley, a Canadian–American ballet dancer, died on June 18, 2026, at the age of 88.
Born in London in 1937 to Canadian parents and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia, she began dance lessons at age 5 and continued training as her family moved among several Canadian cities. She left high school to pursue dance, joined the National Ballet of Canada in 1956, and moved to New York in 1962.
There she worked as a guest artist with American Ballet Theatre and the Joffrey Ballet before performing as a principal dancer with the Metropolitan Opera and the New York City Opera. Also known as Sarah Brayley Bliss, she was later appointed by President Ronald Reagan to the National Council on the Arts in 1986.