Monday marks the 30th anniversary of music legend Selena Quintanilla-Pérez shocking death at the hands of her fan club’s president. While her unexpected passing just shy of her 24th birthday sent shockwaves across the globe,

Selena Quintanilla, known as the 'Queen of Tejano Music,' was fatally shot on March 31, 1995, when she was just 23

This combination of photos shows Yolanda Saldívar, who is serving a life sentence at the Patrick L. O’Daniel Unit prison in Gatesville, Texas, left, and Tejano music star Selena posing in Corpus Christi, Texas on March 7, 1995. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP, left, and Paul Howell,/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Perez was fatally shot 30 years ago by Yolanda Saldívar, the former president of her fan club and manager of her boutiques.

And yet, in that time, it feels as though her legacy as the “Queen of Tejano” never faded away. One can try to measure her impact in the tangible: in the number of posthumous albums sold, in multiple documentaries,