Maurice Hines, a Broadway star and tap dance icon, died on Friday at the age of 80. He is the brother of the late Gregory Hines, also a tap-dancing legend.

Maurice Hines, Tap Dancer Extraordinaire, Dies at 80. The Broadway star and his late younger brother, Gregory Hines, performed in an act starting when they were kids and sparkled in Francis Ford ...

Getty Images By Keyaira Boone · Updated December 6, 2020. Marvin Gaye and Gregory Hines’ legendary status has been further cemented in our country’s collective culture.

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.