# Gregory Hines died

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gregory-hines-died/195126>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 14, 2003, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gregory-hines-died/195126 "2003-08-14T13:28:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gregory-hines-died/195126/1 "2003-08-14T13:28:12Z")

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On August 8th, Hines died, at the age of 57. I really admired him, as an actor and as a dancer. As an actor, I thought he had some really understated comic timing going on. As a dancer, he broke so many stereotypes. He followed no one’s rules, but rather, danced his own way, and did it magnificently.

He will be missed.

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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gregory-hines-died/195126/2 "2003-08-14T13:39:07Z")

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Too late, dear—he died [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=203596&highlight=Hines) last week . . .

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**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gregory-hines-died/195126/3 "2003-08-14T13:55:38Z")

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**Eve** , thanks for sending me that. I guess I was too wrapped up in my own stuff to notice. I’m predicting, then, that this particular thread will die, too, and not even reach 57 views, let alone 57 years 🙂