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Selena: The Queen is Dead

Joe Nick Patoski, Texas Music, May 1995

Selena Quintanilla Perez, tejano's first superstar, was about to become an international pop sensation. Instead, she's another victim of gun violence in Texas.

Total word count of piece: 4284

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