The Latino Lennon: Selena, the pop star gunned down in her prime
Selena Quintanilla Perez in the early 1990s At 11.49 am on March 31 1995, an employee at the Days Inn motel in Corpus Christi, Texas was shocked to see a young woman crawling across the building’s sun-baked courtyard. Behind her snaked a trail of blood. “I’ve been shot,” she cried. “Who shot you?” he asked, not knowing what else to say. “Yolanda,” said 23 year-old Selena Quintanilla- Pérez. Those were the last words she would ever speak. Yolanda was Yolanda Saldívar. The 35 year-old was a former nurse and founder of the fan club of the Mexican-American pop star kno...
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