Legendary Musicians’ Famous Last Words

Selena Quintanilla Perez

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Selena was a Tejano music sensation and well known to many within the Mexican and Mexican-American communities. When Selena was just 23 years old, she was murdered by the former president of her fan club, Yolanda Saldivar. One the day of her slaying, Selena met with Yolanda who had been stealing from the star. Afraid she would be turned into the police, Yolanda shot the star and tried to play it off as self-defense. Selena fled to the hotel lobby where an employee heard her utter her last words, “Yolanda . . . 158,” the name of her murderer and the room number she had gone to meet her in. Selena was on the brink of an English music crossover album, which would have undoubtedly catapulted her to even more notoriety.