Multiple Grammy Award-Winning Singer, Anita Pointer Of The Pointer Sisters Fame Is Dead
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Multiple Grammy Award-winning singer, Anita Pointer of The Pointer Sisters fame, is dead.
She died at the age of 74 at her Beverly Hills home.
Anita reportedly passed on after battling cancer.
“While we are deeply saddened by the loss of Anita, we are comforted in knowing she is now with her daughter Jada and her sisters June & Bonnie and at peace.
“She was the one that kept all of us close and together for so long. Her love of our family will live on in each of us,” her family said in a statement.
Anita Pointer and her sisters improved their talent in the church choir, later Bonnie and June formed a duet and they became a trio when Anita joined it. Sister Ruth finally came on board The Pointer Sisters, which was at times a quartet and other times a trio.
They started the musical journey as backup singers and initially garnered attention for their 1940s-style outfits before they broke into the big time and became staples of the airwaves in the 1970s and 1980s, churning out hits across genres from country to R&B to rock.
Some of their popular songs also include “Fairytale,” “He’s So Shy,” “Fire,” “Slow Hand,” and “Neutron Dance.”
Anita’s only daughter, Jada, died as a result of cancer in 2003.
May her soul rest in peace!
