The tap-dancing icon, whose younger brother Gregory Hines was also a dance legend, died at the Actors Fund Home, an assisted-living facility in Englewood, New Jersey.

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.

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.

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, a legend of tap dance for seven decades, has died. He gained fame with his brother Gregory as the Hines Brothers, delighting audiences on stage, television and film. Jeffrey Brown ...

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.

Broadway star Maurice Hines, known for his tap-dancing expertise alongside his late brother Gregory Hines, has died at age 80.

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, dancer, choreographer and actor who starred alongside his famed brother, actor and dancer Gregory Hines, in The Cotton Club, passed away Friday at the age of 80.

Renowned tap dancing star Maurice Hines Jr., who also enjoyed a long career as an actor and choreographer, has died, his agent said Saturday. He was 80.

Maurice Hines, Tap Dancing Broadway, TV and Film Star, Dies at 80 The dancer and choreographer got his start performing alongside his brother, Gregory Loree Seitz December 30, 2023 @ 12:39 PM ...