Selena

She's a performer and creator, and music pioneer. She was both contemporary and traditional a Mexican-American performer who merged both worlds, and brought excellent Tejano music to an affluent public. It was an emerging star whose untimely passing shattered it. In the same way, the case when a talented, charismatic and young artist dies in a hurry, many grieved the potential that she had yet to reach. As time passed, the fans were encouraged to do their best to make sure that Selena's successes would not fade away. Selena's tragic death by shooting triggered a response in the Latino Community similar as the reaction to deaths of Elvis Presley or John Lennon. An enormously popular singer in Latino communities throughout North America her music crossed barriers of cultures to influence the lives of young as well as old. A flamboyant sexy stage performer sometimes hailed as the Latina Madonna Selena was nonetheless thought of as a role model on stage she was a family-oriented active in anti-drug campaigns as well as AIDS awareness programs.