Legendary Tejano singer Emilio Navaira an early pioneer of the genre died Monday night.
Navaira reportedly died of a massive heart attack while he was at home. Family members found him unresponsive. He was 53.
Emilio was good friends with Selena Quintanilla ,they performed and recorded together and popularized the music style in the '90s. He was widely considered the Garth Brooks of Tejano music.
The San Antonio native won a Grammy in 2002 for best Tejano album "Acuérdate."
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