| Birth: | Oct. 20, 1914
Mobile
Mobile County
Alabama, USA | | Death: | Jan. 24, 2006
Burbank
Los Angeles County
California, USA | 
Dancer, Entertainer. Fayard and his brother Harold comprised the tap dancing team, The Nicholas Brothers. As children, they performed at the Cotton Club. Their dancing style was one of elegance combined with phenomenal athletic ability. One of their signature moves was to dance down a huge flight of broad stairs, leapfrogging over each other and landing in a complete split on each step. They appeared in such film as The Big Broadcast of 1936, Down Argentine Way, Tin Pan Alley and danced with Gene Kelly in The Pirate. Fred Astaire said their dance routine in 1943's Stormy Weather was the greatest movie musical number he'd ever seen. Gregory Hines declared that if ever a movie was made of The Nicholas' Brothers life that their dance numbers would have to be computer generated because no one could duplicate them. Fayard Nicholas also won a Tony Award in 1989 for Best Choreography for the Broadway musical Black And Blue. (bio by: Kelly Whyte)
Cause of death: Pneumonia, complications of stroke
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Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park
North Hollywood
Los Angeles County
California, USA
Plot: Block H |
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Originally Created by: A.J. Marik
Record added: Jan 25, 2006
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Yer on Tcm in "Orchestra Wives" right now!
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Richard Tregaskis
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Ann
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First saw you two when I was a kid...a movie on the Late Show, but I don't remember which one! I was amazed then, and remain so to this day. Thank you so very much for battling all you had to battle, in order to give people such quality entertainment.
-Anonymous
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