Adolfo 'Shabba-Doo' Quiñones, star of 'Breakin'' and street dance pioneer, dies at 65

Sheila E. recalled touring with Richie in her tweet calling Shabba Doo"my brother."

A message posted earlier on his web site said Quiñones was in development on"a film based on his memoirs, 'The Godfather of Street Dance: The Dance Forefather of Hip Hop,' which will detail and his life and reveal the true origin of street-dance."Soul Train via Getty Images file Born in Chicago to a Black father and Puerto Rican mother, who raised him by herself from when he was 3, Quiñones broke into show business as a member of TV's"Soul Train" Gang.

In a 1984 interview with the Sarasota Sun-Herald, he recalled moving to California with his mother when he was 16, and how he would hitchhike from their home in Anaheim to Hollywood for 14-hour filming sessions of"Soul Train.""They couldn't keep me out of there," he said."I'd get there at 7 in the morning and not leave till almost 10 at night."

Besides working for Richie, his choreography credits included Madonna's 1987"Who's That Girl?" tour and TV work on MTV's"Blowin' Up." He made television appearances as a dancer as far back as 1976, on"What's Happening!!"

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Adolfo Quiñones, 'Breakin'' Star & Dancer Known as Shabba-Doo, Dies at 65Adolfo 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. 💐 Shabba-Doo was like the Fred Astaire of Breakdancing in the 1980s. He starred in Breakin' 1 and 2. But he was also in movies like 'Tango & Cash', and 'Lambada'. R.i.p
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