The Mexican American singer was born Selena Quintanilla Perez.
She became a huge star of Tejano music, a subculture that was then little known outside of Texas and the Hispanic American community. On March 31, 1995, a disgruntled employee shot her to death.
The public mourning of her many fans and the subsequent movie biography Selena made her much better known to Americans at large.
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