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Selenaqperez.com 14-Jan-2001
Monday, January 8, 2001
Terminally ill woman's pain eased by Selena's music
Tracey Kennedy says she feels 'calming presence' listening to Tejano star
By Deborah Martínez
Caller-Times
Selena
Selena's charm has been credited with enchanting the masses.
Her life has been said to defy all odds.
Her death has been characterized as a cruel irony - almost from the day she was murdered by her fan club president in 1995, she became an international star.
Now, a 30-year-old woman in New Zealand says the Tejano singer's music is working miracles on her terminal cancer.
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Selenaqperez.com 21-Oct-2000
Spirit of Selena Unites Fans
The tragic news traveled fast, and so did the people.
The slaying of Tejano-music star Selena Quintanilla Perez, 23, on March 31, 1995, united millions of Hispanics across the country, Mexico and Latin America in mourning and disbelief.
Like grief-stricken pilgrims, Selena's fans streamed to this oil-refining city on the Gulf of Mexico from as far south as Colombia and as far north as Canada. They haven't stopped.
inger. She represented cultural pride and unity. She was their role model. She was beautiful, vibrant, proud and charming.
Chris Pere
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Selenaqperez.com 20-Oct-2000
Selena, The Martyr
It can be difficult to explain to non-Latinos the profound effect the life and death of Tejano music star Selena Quintanilla Perez continues to have on Latinos, especially Mexican Americans.
By now, those who do not count themselves among her fans are weary of the seemingly trite, made-for-television quotes, such as, "I loved her because she was talented. She was very beautiful. And she was proud to be a Latina.''
Certainly, there have been other gifted Hispanics who were at least as proud of their heritage. Cesar Chavez, Gloria Estefan, Rita Moreno and Edward
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Selenaqperez.com 20-Oct-2000
Documents cite alleged errors made in trial that sent Saldivar to prison
By Dan Parker
Caller-Times
Defense attorneys have filed court documents seeking a new trial for Yolanda Saldivar, convicted killer of Tejano star Selena Quintanilla-Perez.
Past appeals of Saldivar's conviction have failed, and defense attorney Bill Berchel-mann, said he knows the writ of habeas corpus he mailed to courts Friday might irritate some of Selena's many fans.
"It's my duty as an attorney to represent people and make sure their rights have been protected," said Berchelmann, a San Antonio
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Selenaqperez.com 13-Oct-2000
By RICK MITCHELL
1995 Houston Chronicle
Abraham Quintanilla tried to remember his daughter as she'd looked the last time he saw her, just the day before.
Selena Quintanilla-Perez was a full-grown woman of 23, a budding superstar who dreamed of raising a big family with her guitarist/husband once her music career settled down. She had a smile that could torch up the night, and a figure that turned heads wherever she went.
But the only image that would come into focus in Abraham's mind was that of an 8-year-old girl, standing nervously behind the microphone at the family restaurant
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Selenaqperez.com 13-Oct-2000
As contractors set 4-foot high railings around the Selena statue at the entrance to the Peoples Street T-Head Monday, some passersby welcomed the stainless steel barrier designed to discourage people from writing on the memorial.
Others, like Sylvia Morales, a San Antonio tourist, said the new railings not only detract from the statue, but from the image of Selena, who had the reputation of being very open and friendly.
"I think it is good for people to express their love for Selena," said Morales, who compared the sentiments people write on the memorial column to those written on th
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