Thousands of fans descended to Vine street in Hollywood, California, to honor the late Selena Quintanilla, who received a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday.
Selena’s parents, Abraham and Marcella Quintanilla, attended the event along with the “Como la Flor” singer’s siblings, Suzette and A.
B. Quintanilla. Chris Perez, who was married to Selena at the time of her death, also made a special appearance.ET was at the highly-anticipated ceremony where we got to talk to Selena’s mother, brother and Perez.
“I just want to thank the fans for loving her so much. We miss her,” Marcella told ET’s Deidre Behar. “I’m very proud of her.”
“I knew I was going to lose it,” Selena’s brother, A.B., explained after her star was unveiled. “I’m very, very blessed. I never thought I’d be sitting behind the Capitol Records building, but we’re back here and doing something wonderful, which is laying down the star.”
Selena was commemorated with the 2,622nd star, located in front of the Capitol Records building at 1750 N. Vine Street in Hollywood. During the ceremony, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti also proclaimed Nov. 3 as the official “Selena Day” in Los Angeles.
A.B., who along with Suzette, was part of Los Dinos, the musical group that Selena fronted since 1980, shared how important this moment was for his family.
“Today, I was happy because we all held strong, you know what I’m saying?” he explained. “It was a happy event. When I was in my [hotel] room, I kinda got a knot in my throat because from my room, I could see the Capitol Tower and I was just like, ‘Man, this is just going to be too overwhelming,’ you know?
But, it was more for me, a proud moment.”“It was a proud moment. I was a proud brother,” he continued, adding that Selena’s legacy lives “through the music.”
“She’s in my heart and she’s on my mind all the time,” he concluded.
Ahead of the ceremony, ET also spoke with Suzette, who opened about what it was like to help with the creation…
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