US EditionAbraham Quintanilla, Selena's Father, Dies at 86
Abraham Quintanilla managed Selena's band and preserved her legacy through productions and charity, impacting Latin music for over 30 years after her 1995 death.
- Saturday, Abraham Quintanilla Jr., father and longtime manager of Selena, died, his son A.B. Quintanilla III announced on Instagram, writing `It's with a heavy heart to let you guys know that my Dad passed away today.`
- Abraham Quintanilla Jr. was born Feb. 22, 1939, in Corpus Christi, Texas, and began his music career in the 1950s with Los Dinos before working at Dow Chemical in the late 1960s.
- Quintanilla formed Selena y Los Dinos in the late 1970s with Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, A.B. Quintanilla III, and Suzette Quintanilla, managing performances across South Texas and preserving Selena's legacy after her murder on March 31, 1995.
- Survivors include his wife Marcella, son A.B. Quintanilla III and daughter Suzette; the cause of death was not immediately disclosed.
- His production work included Q-Productions and recent Netflix projects, founding the Selena Foundation soon after Selena's death and releasing a 2021 memoir while Netflix premiered a November documentary this year.
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Abraham Quintanilla Jr., the father and manager of Latin music icon Selena, has died at the age of 86. His son, AB Quintanilla III, announced the news in a post on Instagram: “It is with a broken heart that I inform you that my father passed away today.” The cause of death has not been announced. Born on February 22, 1939 in Corpus Christi, Texas, Quintanilla began his musical career as a teenager with the vocal group Dinos and later formed Sele…
New York City, Dec 13 (EFE).- The father and representative of singer Selena, Abraham Quintanilla, died at 86, as announced by her son, A.B. Quintanilla III. “With great regret I inform you that my father died today...,” published the musician on his Instagram account. Quintanilla, who was also a musician, formed ‘Selena and Los Dinos’, a family band that also included her other children, A.B. and Suzette Quintanilla, and which achieved great su…
The father and representative of the popular singer of the Texan music Selena, Abraham Quintanilla, has died at 86, according to his son, A.B. Quintanilla III, through his social networks. “With great regret I inform you that my father died today”, published this Saturday the musician in his Instagram account. The causes of his death have not been revealed.
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