Gabriel Trupin; Backup Dancer for Pop Stars, Sued Madonna

Gabriel Trupin, 26, a dancer who backed such stars as Debbie Allen, Gloria Estefan and Madonna. Trupin was a graduate of the San Francisco School of the Arts and had studied with the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater as a full merit scholar. He danced in the films “What’s Love Got to Do With It” and “Sister Act II.” Trupin was a featured dancer in Madonna’s Blond Ambition Tour and was one of three dancers who sued her for invasion of privacy because of her documentary film of the tour, “Truth or Dare.” The lawsuit, which was settled out of court, claimed that Madonna improperly filmed the trio backstage discussing their homosexuality and wrongly included that footage in her commercial film. On Friday in San Francisco of the complications of AIDS.