The dance community is mourning the death of “Breakin'” star Adolfo Quiñones, aka Shabba-Doo. Toni Basil, who co-founded The Lockers group that helped popularize street dance in the 1970s, shared the news of Quiñones’ death on social media on Wednesday.
A native of Chicago, Quiñones was an innovator of the dance style that became known as “locking,” and played Ozone in the hit breakdancing films “Breakin'” and “Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo”, which both came out in 1984. “It is with extreme sadness The Lockers family announces the unexpected passing of our beloved Adolfo Shabba-Doo Quiñones,” Basil wrote. “In this difficult time we are requesting privacy.” In addition to film and television roles, Quiñones also served as a choreographer to
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