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Photograph by Greg Gorman, with permission from the Gregory Hines family and estate.by Constance Valis Hill Gregory Hines (14 February 1946-9 August 2003), jazz tap dancer, singer, actor, musicians, and creator of improvised tap choreography, was born in New York City, the son of Maurice Hines Sr. and Alma Hines. He began dancing at the age of not-quite-three, turned professional at age five ...
Aug 14, 2003 · Gregory Hines was admired as a gracious and charming performer onstage, in film and in television. But he was also a dance revolutionary who took the upright tap tradition, bent it over and ...
Aug 11, 2003 · Gregory Hines, the innovative and influential tap dance star who became invaluable in the renewal of his art and also enjoyed wide success as a film and television actor, has died.
Aug 11, 2003 · MARGARET WARNER: Finally tonight, remembering Gregory Hines, who died Saturday in Los Angeles. Hines was considered the greatest tap dancer of his generation, and here we see why, from a 1989 ...
Obituaries Gregory Hines, Tony-Winning Tap-Dance Wizard, Dead at 57 Tap-dancing actor-singer Gregory Hines, recognized as part of a rich tradition of African-American tap masters, died Aug. 9 of ...
Gregory Hines’s catalog of work exemplifies the term “multi-talented.” As a dancer, singer and star of the Broadway stage, he has earned a Tony Award, as Best Actor in a Musical for “Jelly’s Last Jam,” and three Tony nominations, for “Sophisticated Ladies,” “Eubie” and “Comin’ Uptown.”
Aug 10, 2003 · LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Tony Award winner Gregory Hines, the tap-dancing actor who started on Broadway and in movies including "White Nights" and "Running Scared," has died, his publicist says.
