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Name
  
Bunny Briggs

Role
  
Dancer

Movies
  
Tap


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Died
  
November 15, 2014, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Nominations
  
Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical

Similar People
  
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Bunny Briggs (February 26, 1922 – November 15, 2014) was an American tap dancer who was inducted into the American Tap Dancing Hall of Fame in 2006.

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Briggs was born in Harlem, New York on February 26, 1922. At one point he thought about becoming a Catholic priest but instead began performing as a tap dancer and singer. He performed with Duke Ellington's Orchestra. In May 1985 Briggs performed on the NBC TV Special, "Motown Returns to the Apollo". He was nominated for a Tony Award in 1989 for his work in the Broadway show Black and Blue. He appeared on stage and in movies including the Gregory Hines film Tap in 1989. In 2002, Briggs received an honorary Doctorate of Performing Arts in American Dance by Oklahoma City University in 2002, honoring him as one of the nine doctorates of Tap Dance.

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Death

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Briggs died in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 15, 2014, aged 92. His wife, Olivette Miller Briggs, preceded him on April 27, 2003.

Discography

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  • Broken Windows, Empty Hallways (Prestige, 1972; with Houston Person)
  • Bunny Briggs Bunny Briggs Tap Dancing Virtuoso Dies at 92 The New

  • Oklahoma City University doctorate, okcu.edu; accessed December 1, 2014.
  • Obituary, nytimes.com, November 27, 2014; accessed December 1, 2014.
  • Tap Dance Hall of Fame Bunny Briggs Bio, atdf.org; accessed December 1, 2014.
  • Yankee Jazz Beat Article on Bunny Briggs, georgeborgman.blogspot.com; accessed December 1, 2014.

  • Bunny Briggs Gregory Hines Who Bunny Briggs YouTube

    References

    Bunny Briggs Wikipedia