S ELENA Quintanilla perez

1. SELENA Quintanilla perez By Lydia And Carlie

2. Birthdate • Selena was born April 16, 1971 • She was born at Lake Jackson,TX • She had 1 brother A.B • ( Abraham Isaac III) and 1 sister Suzette

3. Important Events Selena made her debut in the early 80’S Around the age of 10 she became the lead singer of her family band Selena became popular with the band Tejano music fans. She was married to Chris Perez lead guitarist of Tejano author and songwriter. No selena had no kids but her husband ened up marring vanessa

4. Selenas Greatest acomplishments She won 1 ASACP award and 1 nomination She win 5 BMI awards and 5 nomination She won 11 billboard Latin music awards and 12 nomination She won 1 grammy and 2 nominations She won 10 Lo Neustro awards and 10 nominations She won 36 Tejano music awards and 46 nominations 64 awards won 78 Nominations

5. Date of death and how she died April 16 1971 March 31 1995 corpus christi TX Murder, firearm, homicide, On Friday March 31,1995 Selena had confronted Yolanda Saldivar about finance papers that was stolen. To get out of the situation, Saldivar lied and said that she had been mugged When doctors found no evidence of, her being mugged Selena demanded a answer about the finance papers. When Selena and Saldivar reached back to the hotel, they ended up engaging in a big argument. Before Selena left the hotel room, she took off the friendship ring that Saldivar bought her. As Selena turned around to give back the friendship ring, Saldivar pulled out a gun from her purse and aimed at Selena. In shock, Selena turned and tried to get out of the room and call for help. Saldivar then pulled the trigger and the bullet hit Selena in the right shoulder blade. Selena used all energy to get to the main lobby to report that she had been shot. Selena then fell on the lobby floor and screamed, "Close the door, she has a gun and shoot me again!!!!'' Immediately, the workers started to aide her while one called for the ambulance. Then she was rush to a local hospital, only to be pronounced she had died at 1:05 pm.In the spring of that year she was working on her first English-language album, when she went to a motel room in Corpus Christi, TX, to fire 34-year-old Yolanda Saldivar, the woman who managed Selena's boutique in San Antonio, and the founder of the Selena fan club. A few days before the confrontation Selena's father had unearthed paperwork proving that Saldivar had been embezzling from the fan club. Saldivar and Selena argued and as the singer left, she was shot in the back. Selena didn't die right away and managed to stagger into the lobby where she named Saldivar as the killer. An hour later, Selena died in a local hospital. It was a death that rocked the entire Latino music industry. Saldivar was convicted for the murder of Selena on October 23rd, 1995. Three days later she was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for at least 30 years.

6. Her Childhood When Selena was a child her brother A.B and suzette had a band a family band run by selenas father. Selenas father also named Abraham Isaac let selena sing in the family restaurant. With ab on guitar suzette on drums and selena on Mic.

7. What inspired selena Ever since selena was a kid shes always wanted to sing she sang all day and all night she even wrote her own songs. Her father wanted her to sing in spanish but she wanted to sing in english so she did both

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