Gregory Hines, 57, Dies of Cancer

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[Dog Gone]

Do I know him?

[RoughDobermann]

Bio here

[happygrl]

He's the black actor and tap dancer who's made a number of films.

[Howlin]

[martin_fierro]

Rest in peace. I had no idea he was ill.

[OldFriend]

Dancer extroadinaire.......from the Hines Brothers group?

[geege]

He was hysterical in "History of the World"......too bad

[Glenn]

Pity. The man looked sick all his life to me. But he sure could tap and he was a pretty good actor as well.

[Rodney King]

Was he in that movie with the gay russian dancer guy?

[breakem]

Started out as Hines, Hines, and Dad. Forst saw them on the tonight show with Carson. I liked the guy. Seem to have a winning personality and for years was the number 1 tap dancer.

[breakem]

Forst=first

[Mr170IQ]

.... And that's the Ethiopian Shim-Sham. ....

He will be missed.

[Howlin]

He was in White Knights and Running Scared, that I can remember right off.

Also, he sang a fabulous duet with Luther Vandross, "There's Nothing Better Than Love.

He started in Hines, Hines, and Dad, with his brother and father.

[geege]

LOLOLOLOLOLOL......How about that "Roman Gold"

[RoughDobermann]

Was he in that movie with the gay russian dancer guy?

Yes, Mikhail Baryshnikov. The film was White Nights. I don't know whether he's homosexual or not though.

[MaryFromMichigan]

I hadn't heard he was ill.
So talented.
Sad.

[Lijahsbubbe]

Misha is gay? He has a daughter with Jessica Lange. Not that that means anything.....

[Howlin]

Yes, that's the group. I can sit and watch him dancing with Michael Baryshnikov in White Knights FOREVER.

[Ciexyz]

He was in "White Nights" (1986) with Alexander Baryshnikov and Isabella Rosellini, he was very good as an American expatriate black tap dancer that the Russkies used for propaganda purposes. I'd recommend this film.

[HairOfTheDog]

I knew he was ill.... saw him in a TV appearance some time ago, and he didn't look well at all.

Rest in Peace.

Rodney! Michael Baryshnakov is not Gay! - Say it isn't so!

[OldFriend]

Saw them in a nightclub years and years ago.......they sure had talent! Sorry to see such a talent taken from the scene.

[Howlin]

Can't you just watch them dance all night long?

[RoughDobermann]

Can't you just watch them dance all night long?

Since I'm about as graceful as a one-legged elephant, yes.

[FrogMom]

I loved his dancing! RIP, Greg.

Fox is covering this like he was a senior statemen. They've done the "Fox News Alert" four times that I've seen. Annoying.

[Hildy]

Geez...57 years old...what a shame.

[Tall_Texan]

Sad. Sadder still is watching the Fox News Channel ad-lib the story:

Eric: "He was talented, talented, actor...and a dancer. He started dancing when he was five years old."

Kieran: "Yes, he was a dancer, and an actor. So talented. As Eric said, he started when he was five years old, tap dancing with his brother."

Eric: "Yes, some sad news to report. He was such a talented, talented actor..."

It's as if their sources are on an IV drip. Why not just announce it and then say "We'll have more details on this story for you once we have something further to tell you." Then move on to other topics. Instead we get this tag-team parroting of the same few details over and over and over...

[katze]

I don't believe he is; maybe Rudolf Nuryev instead.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Don't worry, Baryshnakov is not gay.

Nureyev was gay and died of AIDS. It's a shame, he was an amazing talent.

[Salo]

Damn. Great dancer, great in Running Scared and Wolfen. Seemed like a decent human being.

[EggsAckley]

One legged dancing elephant

[Hildy]

The last role I remember seeing him in was as Will's boss on Will & Grace. He did look sick...very thin. RIP, Mr. Hines.

[Arkinsaw]

Was he in that movie with the gay russian dancer guy?

I don't think Barishnikov is gay, even though he is a ballet dancer.

[Howlin]

Gosh, I had forgotten he was on Will & Grace. I just saw those episodes not long ago.

[Phsstpok]

he did a ton of movies and TV, including a 2001 starring vehicle as Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. His filmography at IMDB is at:

http://us.imdb.com/Name?Hines,+Gregory

I loved Running Scared with he and Billy Crystal. He also had a neat part in the HBO movie The Cherokee Kid. One of the smaller, wierder and funnier bits was the cameo he did as the roller skater mugged by Miss Piggy in Muppets Take Manhatten. I think he may have been most pleased with Tap, which involved lots of the best black dancers of the 20th century, including Sammy Davis Jr. in one of his last roles.

He was definitely one of the best and will be missed. I thank God that we live in a time when performers like him will be remembered because people will be able to see their work. That's only been possible for 100 years. All of the history of the performing arts before that is merely rumor.

[Arkinsaw]

Info From IMDB

Very sad.

[Dog Gone]

Thanks, I recall him now.

[jocon307]

"The man looked sick all his life to me."

Yes, he always was kinda sickly looking. Hubby is shocked to hear of his passing. People are dying who never died before as my grandma used to say.

[Tax-chick]

I can sit and watch him dancing with Michael Baryshnikov in White Knights FOREVER.

What you said, Howlin'!

I didn't know he was sick, either. This is very sad.

[Mo1]

Oh wow, I didn't know he was sick

Prayers to him and his family

[OldFriend]

Your post #31........where did you get that picture of me????????

[wimpycat]

Wow. What a shame. What a great dancer he was. What an extraordinary dancer he was.

[HairOfTheDog]

Thanks - I don't mean to help in sidetracking the thread, but I think it is unfair to categorize all ballet dancers as gay, especially ones as unquestionably awesome as Barysnikov. I recall it being part of the conversation that he was quite heterosexual. When he dances, he looks like a man.

Same is true for Gregory Hines. He was a great dancer and it is sad to see him stricken down by disease so young.

[JennysCool]

He was great in Running Scared. What an underrated comedy that is.

[Howlin]

Geez, I should have spelled it Mikal!

[skinkinthegrass]

Was he in that movie with the gay russian dancer guy?

White Nights was the movie..Micheal Bris...the russian dancer..2 other movies..."Wolfen" w/ Albert Finey..."Scaried-?"something w/Billy Crytal..

[Howlin]

Leaving aside the fact that we are MOST jaded by any kind of media coverage, they did a HORRID job of even vamping that this morning.

Pathetic.

[katze]

Just read up on Nureyev, he died in 1993, at age 55, after suffering with AIDS for 12 yrs. Agree, about not stereotyping.

[Alouette]

He played "Bojangles" in the biography film of Bill Robinson. Duplicated Robinson's complicated "dancing up and down the stairs" routine. That was a great movie.