- FILE PHOTO TAKEN 16JUN01- Acclaimed dancer Fayard Nicholas dances at the 23rd annual Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl in Hollywood in this June 16, 2001 file photograph. Nicholas died January 25, 2006 at the age of 91 at his home in Burbank, California. Nicholas was part of the Nicholas Brothers dance team that performed in the "Ziegfeld Follies of 1936". Picture taken June 16, 2001. 

Acclaimed dancer Fayard Nicholas dances at the 23rd annual Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl in Hollywood in this June 16, 2001 file photograph. Nicholas died January 25, 2006 at the age of 91 at his home in Burbank, California. Nicholas was part of the Nicholas Brothers dance team that performed in the "Ziegfeld Follies of 1936". Picture taken June 16, 2001. Picture REUTERS/Rose Prouser/Files 

Acclaimed dancer Fayard Nicholas and his wife Katheryn Hopkins Nicholas arrive at the Thalians 50th anniversary gala in Los Angeles October 8, 2005. Fayard Nicholas was part of the Nicholas Brothers dance team that performed in the 'Ziegfeld Follies of 1936.' The Thalians were founded in 1955 by a group of entertainment industry members, including actressse Debbie Reynolds and Ruta Lee, who wanted to harness their talents to provide funds for mental health treatment and research in Los Angeles. REUTERS/Fred Prouser 

Acclaimed dancer Fayard Nicholas arrives at the Thalians 50th anniversary gala in Los Angeles October 8, 2005. Nicholas was part of the Nicholas Brothers dance team that performed in the 'Ziegfeld Follies of 1936.' The Thalians were founded in 1955 by a group of entertainment industry members, including actressse Debbie Reynolds and Ruta Lee, who wanted to harness their talents to provide funds for mental health treatment and research in Los Angeles. REUTERS/Fred Prouser 

Legendary tap dancer Fayard Nicholas arrives as a guest for the Bob
Hope Memorial Tribute at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in
Los Angeles August 27, 2003. 600 invited guests attended the tribute.
Hope died on July 27 at the age of 100. REUTERS/Fred Prouser

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Legendary song and dance man Fayard Nicholas performs at the 23rd annual Playboy Jazz Festval at the Hollywood Bowl in Hollywood June 16, 2001. The 86 year old Tony Award winning dancer and singer was a surprise guest at the jazz festival. 

Legendary song and dance man Fayard Nicholas performs at the 23rd annual Playboy Jazz Festval at the Hollywood Bowl in Hollywood June 16, 2001. The 86 year old Tony Award winning dancer and singer was a surprise guest at the jazz festival.

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Emcee Bill Cosby (L), greets legendary song and dance man Fayard Nicholas following his performance at the 23rd annual Playboy Jazz Festval at the Hollywood Bowl in Hollywood June 16, 2001. The 86 year old Tony Award winning dancer and singer was a surprise guest at the jazz festival.

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Legendary song and dance man Fayard Nicholas dances at the 23rd annual Playboy Jazz Festval at the Hollywood Bowl in Hollywood June 16, 2001. The 86 year old Tony Award winning dancer and singer was a surprise guest at the jazz festival.

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Legendary dancer Fayard Nicholas of the famed Nicholas Brothers poses as he arrives as a guest for the premiere of the new Showtime/MGM cable television movie "Bojangles" on February 1, 2001 in Los Angeles. [The film presents the life story of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, one of the greatest tap dancers of all time, with Gregory Hines portraying Robinson. ] 

Legendary dancer Fayard Nicholas of the famed Nicholas Brothers poses as he arrives as a guest for the premiere of the new Showtime/MGM cable television movie "Bojangles" February 1, 2001 in Los Angeles. The film presents the life story of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, one of the greatest tap dancers of all time, with Gregory Hines portraying Robinson.

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Actor Gregory Hines (L), star of the Showtime/MGM cable television movie "Bojangles" poses with legendary dancer Fayard Nicholas of the famed Nicholas Brothers at the film's premiere February 1, 2001 in Los Angeles. The film presents the life story of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, one of the greatest tap dancers of all time, with Hines portraying Robinson.

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Actor Gregory Hines (L) has died of cancer in Los Angeles August 9,
2003, according to his publicist Allen Eichorn in a statement August
10, 2003. Hines, star of the Showtime/MGM cable television movie
"Bojangles" poses with legendary dancer Fayard Nicholas of the famed
Nicholas Brothers at the film's premiere February 1, 2001 in Los
Angeles. The film presents the life story of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson,
one of the greatest tap dancers of all time. Hines, was a Tony Award
winning tap-dancing actor and won a 1993 Tony for the musical "Jelly's
Last Jam." REUTERS/Rose Prouser

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Dancer/actor Fayard Nicholas and his wife Katherine Hopkins Nicholas arrive for the film premiere of "The Amati Girls" at the Mann Regent Theatre in Los Angeles, California January 18, 2001. The film is a warm emotional story about four adult sisters and their widowed mother, each at different stages in their lives.

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Celebrating the Nicholas Brothers." Fayard and Harold Nicholas, whose career spanned over six decades, appeared in more than 30 Hollywood musicals in the 1930s and '40s including "Stormy Weather". Hinds and Nicholas will co-host the tribute shows which take place this weekend in New York.

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Celebrating the Nicholas Brothers" as Layard Nicholas (C) and Maurice Hinds (L) watch. Fayard and Harold Nicholas, whose career spanned over six decades, appeared in more than 30 Hollywood musicals in the 1930s and '40s including "Stormy Weather".

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