b'H e r i t a g eAstrodome. At the same time she was working on a cross-over album in English and made a cameo appearance in a film starring Marlon Brando and Johnny Depp. On one of the most tragic days in Coastal Bend history, Selena was shot and killed by the president of her fan club, Yolan-da Saldivar, on March 31, 1995. Today, thousands of fans, many of whom were not even born before her death, make the pilgrimage to Corpus Christi to visit her grave site at Seaside Memorial Park and the sculptured monument in her tribute, located on the seawall.In the 26 years since her passing, the movie about her life launched the career of actress and singer Jennifer Lopez, and numerous books, documentaries and theatrical productions have been made about her life, some of which have sparked legal disputes with her family. Above all, Selena has inspired genera-tions of Latinas throughout the U. S. and Latin America who honor her life and her legacy of music and accomplishment.Dabney Coleman is one of those ac-tors whose face you recognize imme-diately, but damn if you can remember his name! In fact, Coleman, who was born in Austin and grew up in Cor-pus Christi, is one of the most prolific actors in Hollywood history, appearing in over 100 feature films and television series, often playing the bad guy. He graduated in the final class of Corpus Christi High School (renamed Roy Mill-Corpus Christi has been a phenomenal breeding ground for some very famouser HS) in 1948 and was a classmate of and accomplished folks in a array of industries. At one point, four active pro- actress Barbara Barrie, who graduated fessional sports team owners got their start here, including Red McCombs, butthe following year.many are not well known like these Corpus Christians who made their mark onColemans most memorable role is the worlds biggest stages. probably as the womanizing, villain The most famous of whom is undoubtedly Selena Quintanilla-Perez, theboss in 9 to 5, in which he hilariously Queen of Tejano who was born in Lake Jackson near Houston, but whose fami- co-starred with Dolly Parton, Jane ly relocated to Corpus Christi after they fell on hard times and were evicted fromFonda and Lily Tomlin. His other big their home. In 1984 when Selena was just 13, her familys band, Selena y Losroles during the 1980s were in the Dinos, recorded their first album, self-titled and in Spanish, her second languagefilms WarGames, Tootsie, On Golden that she learned during the production of the record. Pond, and The Man with One Red Shoe. In 1987, Selena was named Female Vocalist of the Year at the Tejano MusicColemans television career is equally Awards, an award she would win nine years in a row. As her and the bands pop- impressive, having starred in 148 epi-ularity exploded throughout Americas Hispanic communities, Selena quicklysodes of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, grew into a role model for young Latinas here and in Mexico. Over the following67 episodes of The Guardian, and 26 years, Selena emerged as the biggest musical act in Mexico, attracting 70,000episodes of Boardwalk Empire on HBO. fans at a single concert in Monterrey. Her 1993 album Live! was recorded at a freeHis last television appearance was just concert at Memorial Coliseum, and won Album of the Year at the Tejano Musictwo years ago at age 87 on Paramounts Awards, and in February 1995 she performed to a record crowd at the HoustonYellowstone with Kevin Costner.96 THE COASTAL BEND TOUR+RELO+BUILD GUIDE TheCoastalBend.com'