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Savion Glover
American dancer, actor, and choreographer (born )
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| Born | () November 19, (age&#;51) Newark, New Jersey, U.S. |
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Savion Glover (born November 19, ) is an American tap dancer, actor and choreographer.
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Early life
The youngest of three sons, Glover was born to a white father, who left the family before he was born, and a black mother. Glover's great-grandfather on his mother's side, Dick Lundy, was a shortstop in the Negro leagues.
He managed eleven Negro League baseball teams, including the Newark Eagles.[1] His grandfather, Bill Lewis, was a big band pianist and vocalist.[1] His grandmother, Anna Lundy Lewis, was the minister of music at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey.
She played for Whitney Houston when she was singing in the gospel choir, and was the one who first noticed Savion's musical talent. She once held him and hummed som