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 ...

NEW YORK — Breathtaking tap dancer Gregory Hines, who dazzled on Broadway and in films and television, while always insisting he was ‘‘just a hoofer at heart,'' died Saturday of cancer. He ...

Tap dancing legend Gregory Hines will take an early-season break from his recurring role on NBC's Will & Grace to direct Red Sneakers, a movie for Showtime.

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 February 14, 1946, in New York City. He 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.

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.

There will be a tap-dance tribute by Savion Glover, Fayard Nicholas and Hines’ dance mentor, Henry LeTang. The event is set for Sept. 21 and will start at 8 p.m.

Maurice Hines, dancer and choreographer — and evangelist for the art of tap dancing — died Friday at age 80. Hines and his brother, the famed Gregory Hines, helped keep tap in the public eye.

Maurice Hines, tap-dancing icon and ‘The Cotton Club’ star, dies at 80 The tap-dancing icon, whose younger brother Gregory Hines was also a dance legend, died at the Actors Fund Home, an ...