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NTSB: singer Rivera dead in Mexican plane crash

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Mexican-American singer and reality TV star Jenni Rivera poses during an interview in Los Angeles. Mexican authorities confirmed the plane in which she was traveling disappeared early Sunday, after leaving the Mexican northern city of Monterrey where she performed in concert on Saturday night.

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U.S. authorities confirmed Monday that Jenni Rivera, a U.S.-born singer whose soulful voice and openness about her personal troubles made her a Mexican-American superstar, was killed in a plane crash in northern Mexico. The National Transportation Safety Board said it was sending a team to help investigate the crash, and the board said Mexican authorities had informed them that Rivera had died in the accident.