Selena quintanilla death biography of paul
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Murder of Selena
1995 murder in Corpus Christi, Texas, US
On the morning of March 31, 1995, the American singer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was fatally shot and wounded at the Days Inn in Corpus Christi, Texas. Although paramedics tried to revive Selena, she was pronounced dead of hypovolemic shock at Corpus Christi Memorial Hospital at age 23. The killer, Yolanda Saldívar, was an American nurse and the president of Selena's fan club who was exposed as having embezzled thousands of dollars from the singer's earnings.
The Latino community was deeply affected by the news of Selena's death; some people traveled thousands of miles to visit her home, boutiques and the crime scene, while churches with large congregations of Latinos held prayers in her name. All major television networks in the United States interrupted their regular programming to break the news. The public's reaction to Selena's death was compared to those that followed the deaths of John Lennon, Kurt Cobain and John
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Fans of the late Selena Quintanilla have found out that as a newborn, the late Tejano music superstar was delivered by Ron Paul, prompting shock on social media today.
Yes, that's Ron Paul the former congressman and GOP presidential hopeful Ron Paul, and father of Senator Rand Paul.
Now retired, the former politician worked as an obstetrician-gynecologist in Texas in the late 1960s and 1970s.
In fact, the Texas congressman reportedly delivered about 4,000 people born in rural south Texas during that time period, according to The Daily Beast.
Quintanilla was one of the most successful female Latin artists of all time, and met an ultimately and tragic death at the age of 23, after being shot in March 1995.
Her dad, Abraham Quintanilla, made the revelation about her birth earlier this year with Latin Groove News, as reported by the Houston Chronicle.
The singer was born in Lake Jackson, Texas, although her mother was not aware she was pregnant when she arrived at Freeport C
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Selena Quintanilla Pérez: The life story you may not know
Cesare Bonazza/Contour // Getty Images From a ung age, it was evident that Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, better known as Selena, was destined to become ingenting short of a historical figure in the music world. The Queen of Tejano began her career at 8 years old, performing with her siblings as Selena y Los Dinos. Throughout her career, she was constantly willing to experiment with different genres, releasing albums that turned the world of Tejano music into a whole new experience and giving the younger generation someone that felt more like them. Tejano music, a typically traditional space, didn’t amplify women’s voices often. Selena’s willingness to experiment and try something new changed the music industry as we knew it before her life was tragically cut short in 1995. How she presented herself, unapologetically claiming space and honoring her roots with conviction every time she stepped onto a scen, posit