Mr. Quiñones, also known as Shabba-Doo, rose to fame in the movie “Breakin’” and helped bring a distinctly urban kind of movement to the mainstream.
Adolfo “Shabba-Doo” Quiñones, who grew up dancing in a bleak public housing project in Chicago and went on to become a pioneer of street dance in the 1980s and one of its first celebrities after appearing in the hit movie “Breakin’,” died on Dec. 29 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 65.
His manager, Robert Bryant, confirmed the death but said the cause had not yet been determined.
In 1984, street dancing was an urban art form little known to many Americans, but the release of “Breakin’,” starring Mr. Quiñones as a Los Angeles break dancer named Ozone, helped change that.
Adolfo Quiñones, an Early Star of Street Dance, Dies at 65
Mr. Quiñones, also known as Shabba-Doo, rose to fame in the movie âBreakinââ and helped bring a distinctly urban kind of movement to the mainstream.
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Adolfo “Shabba-Doo” Quiñones in a scene from the 1984 movie “Breakin’.” Produced on a modest budget, the film was a hit and made Mr. Quiñones one of the first celebrities of street dance.Credit.Alamy Stock Photo
Adolfo âShabba-Dooâ Quiñones, who grew up dancing in a bleak public housing project in Chicago and went on to become a pioneer of street dance in the 1980s and one of its first celebrities after appearing in the hit movie âBreakinâ,â died on Dec. 29 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 65.
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Shabba-Doo (Adolfo Quinones) performs with Boogaloo Shrimp (Michael Chambers), left, at the U.I.C. Pavilion in Chicago in October 1985.
He worked with everyone from Frank Sinatra and Bette Midler to Madonna and Three 6 Mafia.
Adolfo Quiñones, the admired actor, dancer and choreographer known as Shabba-Doo who specialized in the art of locking and portrayed the street artist Ozone in the two
Breakin movies of the 1980s, has died. He was 65.
Dubbed hip-hop s first matinee idol by
Dance Magazine, Quiñones died Wednesday (Dec. 30) in Los Angeles, publicist Biff Warren announced. The cause of death is still pending, he said.
From left: Adolfo Quiñones (Shabba-Doo) with Jamie Kennedy in 2007
He played Ozone in the two Breakin films and worked with everyone from Frank Sinatra and Bette Midler to Madonna and Three 6 Mafia.
Adolfo Quiñones, the admired actor, dancer and choreographer known as Shabba-Doo who specialized in the art of locking and portrayed the street artist Ozone in the two
Breakin movies of the 1980s, has died. He was 65.
Dubbed hip-hop s first matinee idol by
Dance Magazine, Quiñones died late Tuesday night at his home in Los Angeles. In an interview with
The Hollywood Reporter, his publicist, Biff Warren, noted that the dancer had tested negative for COVID-19, but the next day he s dead. It opens up all kinds of questions.