Selena: The pop star executed by her fan club supervisor

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On 31 March 1995, at the age of 23, Selena Quintanilla-Perez, a climbing Latino superstar, was killed by her fan club chief in a Corpus Christi motel in Texas.

Her passing was met with broad stun and doubt by her fans. Prior that year, Selena, as she was known, won a Grammy for her collection Selena Live and was broadly anticipated that will get through into the US standard.

Chris Perez, her spouse and band part, depicts the day his wife was shot via Yolanda Saldivar who was associated with taking from her supervisor.

Ms Saldivar was sentenced homicide and is serving a life sentence.

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