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Hines was born in New York City
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Hines began tapping at the age of two and by the age of five he began dancing semi-professional.
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Hines made his Broadway debut with his brother in The Girl in Pink Tights
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Hines began dancing with his brother and they were known as the Hines Kids, then became The Hines Brothers, then finally Hines, Hines, and Dad.
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Hines performed as the lead singer and musician in a rock band called Severance in the year of 1975-1976 based in Venice, California.
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he sang a duet with Luther Vandross, entitled "There's Nothing Better Than Love", which reached the No. 1 position on the Billboard R&B charts
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he successfully petitioned the creation of National Tap Dance Day, which is now celebrated in 40 cities in the United States. It is also celebrated in eight other nations. Gregory Hines was on the Board of Directors of Manhattan Tap, he was a member of the Jazz Tap Ensemble, and a member of the American Tap Foundation
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Gregory Hines created "Gregory Hines' Tap Dance in America,
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Hines visited with his idol, Sammy Davis, Jr., as he was dying of throat cancer, unable to speak. After Davis died, an emotional Hines spoke at Davis's funeral of how Sammy had made a gesture to him, "as if passing a basketball … and I caught it." Hines spoke of the honor that Sammy thought that Hines could carry on from where he left off
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On television, he starred in his own series in 1997 called The Gregory Hines Show on CBS
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Flo-Bert Award—Lifetime Achievement in Tap Dance by the New York Committee To Celebrate National Tap Dance Day
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Image Awards Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special—Bojangles
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Hines died of liver cancer on August 9, 2003, en route to hospital from his home in Los Angeles. He had been diagnosed with the disease more than a year earlier but had informed only his closest friends. At the time of his death, production of the television show Little Bill was ending
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Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In An Animated Program —Little Bill
