The late Adolfo "Shabba Doo" Quinones and Bruno "Pop N Taco" Falcon in 1984's "Breakin' 2: Electrical Boogaloo."
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Bruno Falcon, the trailblazing hip-hop dancer and choreographer referred to as “Pop N Taco,” died Saturday at his Lengthy Seaside, California house. He was 58.
The pop-and-lock legend of the early ’80s cult movie “Breakin’ ” handed away of pure causes, his sister Diana Wolgamott confirmed to native information retailers. Not official reason for loss of life has been confirmed however she mentioned she believes he might need died of a coronary heart assault.
The East LA native was a mainstay on the street dance scene all through the ’80s and ’90s.
“Folks couldn’t consider there was a Mexican who might pop,” Falcon as soon as informed Soc!ety Dance Academy journal. “They'd problem me in entrance of the college or a celebration or a highschool dance. They’d come out, proper at you, proper in entrance of your face.”
He acquired his massive mainstream break as Electro Rock 1 within the 1984 breakdancing hit “Breakin,'” starring alongside rapper and future “Regulation & Order: SVU” star Ice-T and dancer Adolfo Adolfo ‘Shabba Doo’ Quinones, who proceeded Falcon in loss of life at 65 in 2020.
“Yep, simply acquired a textual content,” Ice-T, 64, tweeted when followers requested him if he’d heard the information. “He was method to [sic] younger. Smh.”
Falcon additionally collaborated with Michael Jackson and danced within the King of Pop’s basic “Clean Prison” music video, for which he reportedly choreographed the now-signature, “anti-gravity lean” transfer.
Along with dancing for Janet Jackson, Lionel Richie and Chaka Khan, Falco additionally appeared in a pair of Jackson’s brief movie initiatives: “Captain EO,” directed by “Godfather” Oscar winner Francis Ford Coppola in 1986, adopted by 1988’s “Moonwalker.”
After co-starring within the lackluster sequel “Breakin’ 2: Electrical Boogaloo,” Falcon appeared in 1991’s “Invoice & Ted’s Bogus Journey” reverse Keanu Reeves and he choreographed reside motion sequences for Don Bluth’s “Thumbelina” in 1994.
Veteran actress-singer-choreographer Toni Basil, — who starred alongside Jack Nicholson in “Simple Rider,” choreographed “The Rose” and belted out the enduring ’80s dance observe “Mickey!” — additionally shared her condolences by way of social media.
“Relaxation In Peace My very long time expensive lovely pal and collaborator over a few years — the legendary floor breaking good dancer Pop-n-Taco Bruno Falcon,” Basil, 78, tweeted together with a basic clip. “June 10, 1964-July 2, 2022.”
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