When he was a toddler, his brother was already taking tap lessons and would come home and teach him steps. They began performing together when Gregory Hines was 5, and they performed at the Apollo ...

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 was 57.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Gregory Hines, the greatest tap dancer of his generation who transcended the stage with a successful screen career that included starring roles in ''White Nights" and ''The Cotton ...