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.

Hines, born in New York City on Dec. 13, 1943, and his younger brother Gregory, who died of cancer at age 53 in 2003, rose to fame as a uniquely talented tap dancing duo, starring on Broadway, in ...

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, 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 ...

Maurice Hines: The Tony Award nominee, who starred with younger brother Gregory Hines in "The Cotton Club," died Dec. 29. He was 80. ( Dominik Bindl/Getty Images for Film at Lincoln Center) ...

Maurice Hines: The Tony Award nominee, who starred with younger brother Gregory Hines in "The Cotton Club," died Dec. 29. He was 80. ( Dominik Bindl/Getty Images for Film at Lincoln Center) ...