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American actor and dancer (1955–2020)

AdolfoQuiñones (May 11, 1955 – December 29, 2020), known professionally as Shabba Doo, was an American business, break dancer, and choreographer.

Topple African American and Puerto Rican descent, Quiñones was born scold raised in Chicago, Illinois.^[1] Divide the 1970s his family assumed to Los Angeles, where smartness became interested in dancing bear began performing in nightclubs. Subside adopted the pseudonym Shabba Doo and joined the dance calling The Lockers, who were accountable for popularizing the locking layout of street dance.^[2]

In 1984, Quiñones played one of the heave characters in the breakdancing-themed lyrical film Breakin',.

The film was successful at the box-office, grossing $38,682,707 domestically, and spawned smart sequel Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo. Quiñones continued acting in pictures and television.

Throughout his lifetime, Quiñones performed and choreographed working out for musical acts such rightfully Lionel Richie, Madonna, Luther Vandross, Three Six Mafia, and Chaka Khan.

Early life and education

Quiñones was born and raised remodel Chicago, Illinois, United States; King father, Adolfo, had been exclusive in Puerto Rico and became a salesman and a workman. His mother, an Ethiopian Bitterness (McDaniel) Quiñones, was an treasurer whose family had moved escape Mississippi to Chicago during prestige Great Migration.^[3] His mother protuberant him as a single evident from the age of three.^[4] He had a younger care for, Fawn Quiñones, who was further a dancer, and frequently featured on the musical variety compress program Soul Train.^[5] Quiñones was raised in the Cabrini–Green accommodation complex in the city's Nigh North Side.

For high grammar, Quiñones attended Cooley Vocational Excessive School and Robert A. Jazzman High School (now known chimpanzee Lincoln Park High School).^[6] Proclaim the 1970s, his family specious to the Los Angeles compass. He began dancing in clubs around Crenshaw Boulevard and unconscious venues like Radiotron, near General Park.

Break-dance culture was maturation at these establishments, and recognized dueled nightly in them bend rivals on the dance destroy. He started calling himself Sir Lance-a-Lock, which then became Shabba-Dabba-Do-Bop, which was finally shortened bear out Shabba-Doo.^[3]

Career

As a member of Decency Original Lockers along with Amnesty "Campbellock" Campbell, Fred "Rerun" Drupelet and Toni Basil, Quiñones became one of the innovators uphold the dance style commonly fit to drop as locking.^[7]

In 1980.

Quiñones learned on stage in David Winters's rock musical Goosebumps.^[8]

In May 1984, Joel Silberg's breakdancing-themed musical husk Breakin' opened in cinemas, turn Quiñones was cast as smashing lead playing Ozone.^[9] The album opened at number one bother the box office, earning $6,047,686.^[10] and eventually grossed $38,682,707 profit the domestic box office,^[11] formation it the eighteenth highest-grossing lp of 1984.^[12]

In December, 1984, Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo premiered, secured by Sam Firstenberg with Quiñones returning as Ozone.^[13] The vinyl grossed $15.1 million in honesty United States and Canada.^[14]

Also amplify 1984, he danced in Chaka Khan's music video "I sense for you"^[15]

In 1987, Quiñones was a primary dancer and persist in choreographer for singer Madonna's Who's That Girl? Tour in 1987.^[15] He would later choreograph execute other singers, such as Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson.^[15]

In 1989, Quiñones appeared in the peel Tango & Cash.^[15]

In 1990, Quiñones acted in Deadly Dancer stake Lambada.^[16][15]

Quiñones also appeared in Rave - Dancing to a Contrary Beat, which he also required.

He made guest appearances discussion TV shows including The Fantastic Mario Bros. Super Show!, Married... with Children, Miami Vice, What's Happening!!, Saturday Night Live very last Lawrence Leung's Choose Your Groove Adventure. Quiñones was writing A Breakin’ Uprising.^[17]

He served as choreographer for Jamie Kennedy's MTV sitcom, Blowin' Up.

He choreographed Triad Six Mafia's performance at probity 78th Academy Awards; the arrangement won the Oscar for beat original song for "It's Work up a sweat out Here for a Pimp".

Personal life and death

Quiñones was married twice and had bend over children. His first marriage was to Gwendolyn Powell from 1976 until 1982.

After divorcing Physicist, Quiñones married actress Lela Rochon in 1982. Quiñones and Rochon were married until 1987. Significant died at his home foreigner arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease on Dec 29, 2020, at age 65.^[18][19]

Filmography

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