Just found this very sad article about Flaco's daughter: *Crash kills daughter of Flaco * By Alison Gregor and Ramiro Burr Express-News Staff Writers The 27-year-old daughter of Grammy-winning accordionist Flaco Jimenez was killed Monday when her car and a pickup collided just blocks away from the Jimenez home in South San Antonio. An investigator walks away from the scene of an accident on Texas 16, south of Loop 410, where Rosalinda Esquivel, the daughter of music legend Flaco Jimenez, was killed Monday. Guadalupe Ortiz, a sister-in-law of Jimenez, was in critical condition Monday night. Rosalinda Jimenez Esquivel was pronounced dead at 4:45 p.m. at the scene of the crash at 10222 Texas 16 South. The other passenger in the white sedan, Guadalupe Ortiz, the 40-year-old sister-in-law of Flaco Jimenez, was taken by AirLife to University Hospital, where she was listed in critical condition Monday night. The prominent accordionist wept at the scene along with his wife, Adela Jimenez, and another daughter, Cynthia Jimenez, as they learned of the crash. Cynthia Jimenez cradled her dead sister's 6-month-old daughter in her arms. "We live on the corner, and we saw a lot of cars," Cynthia Jimenez said. "I told my mama, 'I have a feeling it's her,' and I looked outside, and there was the car." According to police, the white sedan was attempting to cross the southbound lane when the collision occurred. Both cars careened across the median, ripping away a street sign and skidding more than 100 feet, landing in the northbound access road. The pickup's driver, 58year-old Joseph Gillespie, was taken to Southeast Baptist Hospital with minor injuries. A infant car seat rested beside the twisted metal of the sedan. Cynthia Jimenez said 6-month-old Daniela Esquivel would've been in the car had it not been for a lastminute change of plans. Members of the Jimenez family and their friends were trying to come to terms with their grief Monday night. "We're all taking it real hard," said a distraught David Jimenez, older brother of Rosalinda. Another close family friend said Flaco Jimenez was extremely upset and not talking to anybody right now. Police said no charges are likely to be filed in the accident. Born Jan. 24, 1972, Rosalinda, one of eight children of Flaco and Adela Jimenez, was married to landscaper Daniel Esquivel, who rushed to the scene when he heard of her death. "They were going to celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary on May 6," said David Jimenez, who also plays drums in his father's conjunto band. The Esquivels, who have a home next door to the Jimenez household on Texas 16 South, have an 8-yearold daughter, Melissa, besides Daniela. Flaco Jimenez, winner of five Grammy awards, returned last week from an annual European tour, said his promoter friend Amie Castillo. "He was scheduled to fly Saturday in a thunderjet during an air show in Riverside, Calif.," said Castillo. On April 22, Jimenez is scheduled to be honored with El Premio Billboard, a lifetime achievement award at the Billboard Latin Music Awards and Conference in Miami, for what the magazine called "his groundbreaking exposure of polka-flavored conjunto sounds to audiences in the U.S., Europe and Asia." Jimenez also is scheduled to be the grand marshal of the 1999 Texas Cavaliers' River Parade April 19. "We are very saddened by the news, but as far as we know, he's still on (for the parade), and if he prefers not to ride that night, that's fine," said Robert Eversberg, the parade marshal. "We'll be thinking about him, and he'll still be the grand marshal." Eversberg said Jimenez was picked to be honored this year because "he's a special San Antonio musician who's been recognized in his field of music through Grammys, and he would be very representative of our city." © 1999 San Antonio Express-News-Monday, Apr 5,1999
