The Great Jenni Rivera or ” Diva De La Banda” was born on July 2, 1969, in Los Angeles, and was baptized Dolores Janney Rivera Saavedra. Jenni is the daughter of  Rosa Saavedra and Pedro Rivera. Jenni had 5 siblings when she was born, Rosie Rivera, Lupillo Rivera, Juan Rivera, Peter Rivera, and Gustavo Rivera. At the age of 43, on  December 9, 2012 Jenni was on an airplane accident that sadly ended her wonderful life.                                                                                                 Jenni’s youth wasn’t easy. She got pregnant at 15 by Trino Marin, and her parents booted her out of their house. She married Marin in 1984 and had two more children. Their union wasn’t blissful; Rivera described their eight years as physically and mentally abusive. She still managed in this time to complete high school and college, studying business. But her volatile marriage led to depression and two suicide attempts. Eventually, Rivera left her husband, reconciled with her parents and started working for her dad’s record label, Cintas Acuario. There she discovered a new dream, turning out to be singing.