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Dolores Janney Rivera (Or Jenni Rivera)
Dolores Janney Rivera (known as Jenni Rivera) was born in Jult 2, 1969 at Long Beach California. Born and raised by Rosa Saavedra and Pedro Rivera, who were undocumented immagrants from Mexico. She had one sister and four brothers, who were raised in a tight-kint musical hosehold. Her father was a bartenter and a bussinesman who created the record Cintas Acuario.
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