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Sep 2022
51m 35s

255: Selena: The Murder of an Icon (From...

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By age 23, Selena was an international icon. She'd won Grammys, was selling out stadiums, and recording chart topping albums in English and Spanish. Then on March 31, 1995, she was gunned down by her biggest fan and closest confidant. But why? What made her do it? And would it be possible to bring her to justice? 

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