,Abraham Isaac Quintanilla Jr., the father of the late Tejano music star Selena, has died. He was 86. “It’s with a heavy heart to let you guys know that my Dad passed away today,” his son, Abraham Quintanilla III, wrote in an Instagram post on Saturday. The cause of death is not immediately available. There is no suspicion of foul play, the Nueces County Medical Examiner told TMZ. But they could not confirm the date of his death. The Quintanilla family patriarch was a singer, songwriter, and record producer. He created the band Selena y Los Dinos and managed Selena’s career. “I was raised in the streets when I was young so I’m always suspicious of everything. My kids were not raised that way because they were under my wing and I protected them,” he told the New York Daily News in 2015. “I
Selena Quintanilla’s Father Dead at 86
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