Fans with a photo of Selena during a ceremony honoring her in 2017. Over the decades since her death, Selena s legacy has become even more profound than writer Deborah Paredez ever anticipated. Credit: AFP via Getty Images
Selena At 50: Preserving And Protecting A Precious Legacy By
at 5:00 am NPR
This week marks what would have been the 50th birthday of Selena Quintanilla Perez, the popular musical superstar known by her legions of fans simply as Selena. Though she s been gone for over a quarter century, she seems more popular than ever. Why is it that 26 years after her death at age 23, Selena is experiencing such a remarkable revival? And has she ever really been that far from our thoughts or our playlists?
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