Word: fayard
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DIED. HAROLD NICHOLAS, 79, acrobatic tap dancer who with his older brother Fayard helped break the color barrier in Hollywood musicals; in New York City. Early in their career, the brothers' dizzying footwork and preternatural elegance was displayed onscreen, though never in the same scenes as their white counterparts. In 1948, however, their virtuosity landed them alongside Gene Kelly in The Pirate. The brothers awed such dance-world luminaries as Fred Astaire and Mikhail Baryshnikov, who called the Nicholas brothers "the most amazing dancers I've ever seen in my life--ever." They were honored by the Kennedy Center...