Twenty-five years after she was murdered at just 23 years old, the life and death of Tejano superstar Selena Quintanilla-Pérez continues to loom large in the cultural imagination. It’s not just Selena’s unforgettable music that lives on beyond her, through tribute albums and concerts—it’s her sensational sense of style, commemorated in limited edition merchandise, with her ubiquitous image reproduced everywhere from t-shirts to cosmetics to the faces of Barbie dolls. So too does Selena live on as an icon of multiculturalism, inspiring fans through her duality as a woman who straddled both Mexican and American cultures. With Netflix releasing Selena: The Series, a biopic series produced by members of Selena’s family, interest in how the late singer lived and died has spiked once more. The true story behind her death is an unmitigated tragedy, with a talented young star cut down in her prime.