The legendary dancer, African-American Bill Robinson began to work as a dancer as a child, becoming one of the best artists on Broadway by the age of 27. But for white Americans, Bill began dancing at the age of 50 thanks to his new manager, Marty Forkins, with whom he worked for the rest of his career. Even at the age of 60, Bill was an unsurpassed steppe virtuoso, agile, charming, always smiling. Friends remember him as a cheerful, generous and lucky person, equally cheerful both in work and in
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