Gregory Oliver Hines (1946 - 2003)

Born 14 Feb 1946 in New York City, New York, United States

Ancestors

Died 9 Aug 2003 at age 57 in Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

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Dancer, choreographer, musician, and actor Gregory Oliver Hines, son of Maurice Robert Hines and Alma Iola Lawless, was born 14 February 1946 in New York City and grew up in the Sugar Hill neighborhood of Harlem.^[1] A notable Hollywood and Broadway actor who rose to fame as a tap dancer, it was through tap that Gregory Hines expressed his utmost creativity. His professional dance career started at age five, and he performed with his brother Maurice first as the Hines Kids, when they worked with Cab Calloway in his Miami nightclub act, later as the Hines Brothers, when they debuted on Broadway in 1954, and finally as Hines, Hines, and Dad, when their drummer father joined them in 1963. He continued his Broadway career through the 1990s, earning several major theater nominations and awards for his dance and acting work. He appeared in over 40 films and television productions from the 1980s until his death in 2003 from cancer.

He married Patricia Panella in Manhattan in 1968.^[2] He married Pamela Koslow in Manhattan in 1981.^[3] Both marriages ended in divorce. He had two children, a son, Zach, and a daughter, Daria.^[1]

He died in Los Angeles, California in 2003 from liver cancer, and was buried at St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Cemetery in Oakville, Ontario,^[4] near his Canadian home with Negrita Jayde, his partner from 2000 until his death.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Wikipedia contributors, "Gregory Hines," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Hines.
2. ↑ "New York, New York City Marriage Licenses Index, 1950-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLSP-PV8Z : 19 June 2017), Gregory Hines and Patricia Pamella, 1968, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States;Marriage, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, from Reclaim the Records, The NYC Marriage Index (http://www.nycmarriageindex.com : 2016); citing New York City Clerk's Office.
3. ↑ "New York, New York City Marriage Licenses Index, 1950-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLSL-6JG5 : 19 June 2017), Gregory D Hines and Pamela J Koslow, 1981, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States; Marriage, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, from Reclaim the Records, The NYC Marriage Index (http://www.nycmarriageindex.com : 2016); citing New York City Clerk's Office.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images, accessed 9 February 2021, memorial page for Gregory Oliver Hines (14 Feb 1946–9 Aug 2003), Find A Grave: Memorial #7749554, citing Saint Volodymyr Ukrainian Cemetery, Oakville, Halton Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by Find A Grave. With biography and photos.

• 1950 Census: "1950 United States Federal Census"
  United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: New York, New York, New York; Roll: 6203; Sheet Number: 8; Enumeration District: 31-1892
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #282123312 (accessed 20 May 2022)
  Gregory Hines (4) son in household of Maurice Hines (29) in New York, New York, New York, USA. Born in New York.
• Hines, Gregory. (Encyclopedia.com:online, updated 25 Feb 2021)

See also:

• Ancestry.com. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Year: 1957; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 8846; Line: 21; Page Number: 211.
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