CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Friends and colleagues of Abraham Quintanilla , the father and manager of late singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez, are paying their respects to the Tejano icon.

Abraham, 86, died early Saturday morning, according to an announcement made by his son, A.B. Quintanilla III, on social media.

“He’s a great husband, a good friend to everyone, and he will be missed by millions of people who love Tejano music,” Carlos Lopez, owner of Lopez Broadcasting, told KRIS 6 News. Corpus Christi Tejano community remembers late friend Abraham Quintanilla

Since the announcement of Abraham’s death, Lopez’s Tejano stations in San Antonio, Victoria and 104.9 FM in Corpus Christi have played Selena’s music and will continue to do so for the next 24 hours.

After a brief hiatus from the m

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