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Who Owns Selena’s Legacy?
As the Netflix series about Mexican American icon Selena Quintanilla Perez returns for Season 2, the battle over her estate rages on
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The subculture of Selena Quintanilla Pérez super-fandom, or
Selenidad, was born out of grief. After the Queen of Tejano music was murdered on March 31st, 1995 — shot once in the back by the president of her fan club, Yolanda Saldivar — her Mexican American fans mourned her. For some it was like a close relative had been assassinated
and an untouchable, living religious diva was extinguished before she could perform her miracles.