“Gregory Hines brought international attention to tap dance as an American art form.” Waag calls tap “a positive, accessible, forward and inclusive mode of self-expression.” ...

Gregory Hines, the genial, suave dancer, singer and actor who for many personified the art of classical tap in the 1980s and ’90s, died late Saturday on his way to a hospital from his home in ...

Gregory Oliver Hines was born on Feb. 14, 1946, in New York City. He has said his mother urged him and his older brother toward tap dancing because she wanted them to have a way out of the ghetto.

Gregory Oliver Hines was born on Feb. 14, 1946, in New York City. He has said his mother urged him and his older brother toward tap dancing because she wanted them to have a way out of the ghetto.

Hines, born on Dec. 13, 1943, in New York City, launched his dance career at age 5 and made his Broadway debut in 1954 in “The Girl in Pink Tights.” Often working as a duo with Gregory, who ...

Gregory Hines, the Tony Award-winning tap-dancing actor who starred on Broadway as well as in many films, including The Cotton Club and White Nights, has died of cancer at the age of 57.

Through their shared skill of dance, specifically in tap, he was part of a father-and-sons dance show called “Hines, Hines & Dad” with his younger sibling Gregory and their patriarch, Maurice ...

Gregory Hines already has made his mark on Broadway and in the movies as a dancer, actor and singer. Now it looks as though he may become a recording star as well. ”That Girl Wants to Dance with ...

Maurice Hines Jr., who went from working in a tap-dancing act with brother Gregory Hines to becoming a tap trailblazer on Broadway, has died at age 80.

Hines is survived by his fiancee, Negrita Jayde, his father Maurice Sr., his brother, his daughter, Daria, his son, Zach and his stepdaughter, Jessica. Private services will be held in Los Angeles.

Maurice Hines, Broadway star and brother of fellow tap-dancing legend Gregory Hines, has died. He was 80. Maurice died on Friday of natural causes at the Actors Fund Home in Englewood, New Jersey ...

Maurice Hines, the dancer, actor and choreographer who starred on Broadway and in Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Cotton Club,” has died at 80. The tap-dancing icon, whose younger brother Gregory Hines ...