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Emilio Navaira funeral arrangements set, open to public

SAN ANTONIO -- Service arrangements for Tejano music icon Emilio Navaira are set for this weekend and early next week.

<p>Emilio Navaira (PHOTO: Getty Images)</p>

SAN ANTONIO -- Service arrangements for Tejano music icon Emilio Navaira are set for this weekend and early next week.

As KENS5 reported, Navaira was found by family members in New Braunfels in an unresponsive state Monday.

The Grammy Award winner is widely credited with introducing Tejano music into the mainstream in the 1990s. He became one of Tejano's biggest stars during that time, alongside Selena and La Mafia.

The details for his services are as follows:

  • Visitation: Sunday, May 22, 2016; 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Freeman Coliseum, 3201 E. Houston St., San Antonio, TX, 78219
  • Rosary: Sunday, May 22, 2016; 4 p.m., Freeman Coliseum, 3201 E. Houston St, San Antonio, TX, 78219
  • Mass: Monday, May 23, 2016; 1 p.m., San Fernando Cathedral, 115 W. Main Plaza, San Antonio, TX, 78205

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