Though Quintanilla was just beginning to crossover into the English-language market, the Mexican-American singer has risen to "beloved icon" status posthumously in part because of the popular 1997 biopic Selena that shared her story and spirit with the world. Her official autopsy stated, "Selena Quintanilla, a 23-year-old woman, came to her death as a result of exsanguinating internal and external hemorrhage" (via Univision). "The bullet shattered her right shoulder, tearing one lung, her veins and a major artery," Univision reported. One fatal shot in the back killed Quintanilla. Quintanilla was confronting Yolanda Saldívar at a motel about money Saldívar allegedly embezzled from her business and presumably firing Saldívar from her position as manager of Quintanilla's boutiques. Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was already known as the "Queen Of Tejano Music" and was preparing for a crossover career in mainstream pop when she was shot and killed by the former president of her fan club on March 31, 1995.
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