Selena

She was a performer also a fashion designer and a music pioneer. She was both modern and traditional. She was a Mexican American who brought the two worlds in a unique way. Her untimely death splintered her growing popularity and, it is what happens often when a bright deeply genial singer dies too young, it has left many mourning all the untapped potential. Fans have struggled over the years in order to keep her legacy alive. Selena was the Tejano artist who was fatally shot dead during a shooting incident, has sparked a Latino reaction that could be compared with the response to the deaths of Elvis Presley and John Lennon's death. Selena was a hugely loved Latino singer across North America. Her music transcended boundaries and inspired younger and more mature adults. The sexy and glamorous stage performer sometimes hailed as the Latina Madonna Selena was nonetheless thought of as a role model off-stage she was family oriented active in anti-drug campaigns as well as AIDS awareness programmes.