Emilio Navaira is a Grammy Award winning Tejano and country music star who founded the band Emilio y Groupo Rio. Navaira has released 17 studio albums, the latest being in 2007, titled De Nuevo.
Bus Crash
Emilio Navaira was involved in a bus crash on March 23, 2008, in Houston, Texas. Navaira's tour bus slammed into an interchange barrier throwing him through the windshield. The singer was taken to the Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center and listed in critical condition. Navaira survived the crash after undergoing two brain surgeries and lung surgery. Navaira has to undergo extensive physical therapy.FOX News: Navaira Faces Long Recovery (March 25, 2008) Dallas News: Emilio, wife injured in crash (September 25, 2008)
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Full name
Emilio Navaira III
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Born
August 23, 1962
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Origin
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AKA
King of Tejano music
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Record labels
Columbia Records and Capitol Records
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Spouse
Maria Navaira
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Fact:
Navaira was involved in a bus crash in March 2008 in which he was severely injured
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Fact:
Navaira and his wife were involved in a car crash in September 2008
