{"id":87157,"date":"2025-12-13T23:58:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T23:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/87157\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T23:58:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T23:58:08","slug":"corpus-christi-tejano-community-remembers-late-friend-abraham-quintanilla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/87157\/","title":{"rendered":"Corpus Christi Tejano community remembers late friend Abraham Quintanilla"},"content":{"rendered":"

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 Friends and colleagues of Abraham Quintanilla<\/a>, the father and manager of late singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez, are paying their respects to the Tejano icon.<\/p>\n

Abraham, 86, died early Saturday morning, according to an announcement made by his son, A.B. Quintanilla III, on social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a great husband, a good friend to everyone, and he will be missed by millions of people who love Tejano music,\u201d Carlos Lopez, owner of Lopez Broadcasting, told KRIS 6 News.<\/p>\n

Corpus Christi Tejano community remembers late friend Abraham Quintanilla<\/p>\n

Since the announcement of Abraham\u2019s death, Lopez\u2019s Tejano stations in San Antonio, Victoria and 104.9 FM in Corpus Christi have played Selena\u2019s music and will continue to do so for the next 24 hours.<\/p>\n

After a brief hiatus from the music industry, Abraham formed the band Selena y Los Dinos in the late 1970s, featuring Selena and her siblings, A.B. and Suzette. Under his management, Selena became one of the most celebrated Latin music artists of all time before her murder on March 31, 1995.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re a daddy, you know that you want the best for your children,\u201d Lopez continued. \u201cAnd you will do anything and everything in your power to do for your children, and that\u2019s what Abraham did.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nora Canales, widow of Tejano musician Johnny Canales, recently worked with Abraham on a documentary about her late husband.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was a person who was firm, a person who believed in his word, and if he was going to help you, he would let you know,\u201d Canales told KRIS 6 News. \u201cHe was always straightforward.\u201d<\/p>\n

She continued, \u201cOnce you got to meet him, he was a kind person, a strong person at the same time. And if he was going to help you, he made sure he did.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Canales said she was in shock after learning of Abraham\u2019s death. \u201cMy mind is blank right now,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe worked together on so many projects, and we had a really nice relationship,\u201d Canales added. \u201cEvery time we went to his office, he was always very happy to see us, welcome us in and say, \u2018Hey, have you seen what I recorded? Oh look, this is a new artist.\u2019 He was always very optimistic and always looking to the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI know the first person who hugged him today was Selena,\u201d Lopez added. \u201cI have no doubt. They were inseparable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Abraham is survived by his wife, Marcella, whom he married in 1963; son A.B. Quintanilla III; daughter Suzette Quintanilla; and numerous grandchildren.<\/p>\n

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