Famed dancer dies as car hit head on
Other driver was drunk, cops say

Meredith May, Demian Bulwa, Chronicle Staff Writers

World renowned Congolese dancer and drummer Malonga Casquelourd was killed in Oakland early Sunday morning when a suspected drunken driver crashed head-on into his car while going the wrong way on a one-way street, police said.

Casquelourd, who was 55, was on his way home from a niece's graduation ceremony shortly after 2 a.m. when a Toyota 4Runner traveling the wrong way in front of 1 Lakeside Drive slammed into his 1972 Mercedes-Benz sedan.

Malonga Casquelourd, African Dancer, Dies at 55

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS in the NY Times

AKLAND, Calif., June 17 (AP) — The Congolese dancer Malonga Casquelourd died here on Sunday in a car crash. He was 55. <a href=http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/18/obituaries/18CASQ.html target=_blank>more</a>

Casquelourd is gone, but the dance goes on

Anita Amirrezvani
San Jose Mercury News

Dancer, drummer and choreographer Malonga Casquelourd, who died early Sunday morning in an auto accident, was often called an ``African James Brown'' because of his fleet footwork and intensity. <a href=http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/columnists/anita_amirrezvani/6122302.htm target=_blank>more</a>

No-contest plea entered in Casquelourd's death

By Glenn Chapman, Alameda Times-Star

Oakland man could get 10 years for crash that killed renowned dancer <a href=http://www.timesstar.com/Stories/0,1413,125~1486~2363193,00.html target=_blank>more</a>