and maurice hines took that role seriously as well.0 when he was 66 and working with young dancers on a new production of sophisticated ladies, a review based on the life of duke ellington, at washington, dc's lincoln theater. two high school brothers, john and leo manzari, now well-respected professional tappers in their own right, caught his attention. what does a good tap dancer have to have? >> well, first of all, they have great feet. and they're improvisational. and that's what my brother was. and so they can do anything that i want them to do -- anything. and, also, they have the -- the one thing, they love dancing together, like greg and i did. and they have the one thing that you're either born with. you cannot make it. you cannot hype it up. either you have charisma or you don't. and they have it. gregory and i had it. they have it. jeffrey: gregory hines died of cancer at age 57 in 2003. maurice hines continued to dance, performing on tour as recently as 2019. he died last friday at age 80. for the "pbs newshour," i'm jeffre