Gregg Burge

Gregg Burge (November 14, 1957 – July 4, 1998) was an American tap dancer and choreographer. Early life Burge was born in New York City and raised on Long Island, N.Y. He chose a career in song and dance after seeing Sammy Davis Jr. on the Ed Sullivan Show. At age 7, he persuaded his parents to enroll him in tap classes at the Red Slipper Dance Studio in Merrick, N.Y. By age 10, he was winning local talent shows and was a three-time winner on ''The Ted Mack Amateur Hour'' on television. By 13, Burge was earning $30,000 a year. Burge won a scholarship to study at the Juilliard School when he was 17. He graduated from New York's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts in 1975.