Jenni Rivera, Mexican American singer and reality television star, dies at 43

The Mexican-American star, 42, died in a plane crash Sunday.Jenni Rivera, a daughter of Mexican immigrants who became one of the most successful Latina singers on both sides of the border with her soulful, straight-talking ballads of hard-living, hard-partying and female empowerment, died Dec. 9 in a planeThe 43-year-old Learjet carrying Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera and six other people, including her publicist, stylist and makeup artist, had been in one previous accident in 2005,Mexican-American music superstar Jenni Rivera, killed in a plane crash Sunday, was traveling with her attorney Mario Macias, makeup artist Jacob Yebale, publicist Arturo Rivera (not family-related) and stylist Jorge Sanchez. The pilots were MiguelThe plane that crashed early Sunday morning leaving Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera dead had logged 43 years' worth of flights and had been damaged previously in a 2005 accident in Amarillo, Texas, according to a
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