BREAKING: Anita Pointer, a member of Grammy-winning group The Pointer Sisters, has died at the age of 74.
Anita Pointer, a member of Grammy-winning group The Pointer Sisters, has died at the age of 74.
Her closest surviving family members – sister, Ruth, brothers Aaron and Fritz, and her granddaughter Roxie McKain Pointer – confirmed the news in a statement onThey announced: ‘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 and Bonnie, and at peace.
The group, which rose to fame in the 1970s, consisted of Bonnie, Anita and their sisters June and Ruth. They went on to release a string of hits throughout the 1980s, including He’s So Shy, Neutron Dance, Slow Hand and Jump , which peaked at number three.
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