Gregory Hines, the greatest tap dancer of his generation who transcended the stage with a successful screen career that included roles in “White Nights” and “The Cotton Club,” has died at 57.

Gregory Oliver Hines was born 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.

Entertainer Gregory Hines, a marvelous dancer, Tony-winning stage actor and film star, has died of cancer, his publicist says. Hines was 57. His 1992 Broadway success in Jelly's Last Jam was a ...

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 Hines is shown in 2002 in Dallas. Hines, a master tap dancer who transcended the stage with a successful screen career, died of cancer Saturday in Los Angeles.

The man who was called the greatest tap dancer of his generation has died. Gregory Hines died yesterday in Los Angeles. His agent says he had cancer. Hines started dancing with his brother when he was ...

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.

LOS ANGELES -- 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.

He was 57. Hines died Saturday in Los Angeles of cancer, publicist Allen Eichorn said. The dancer, among the best in his generation, won a 1993 Tony for the musical "Jelly's Last Jam." ...

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 ...