Anita Pointer, one in every of 4 American sibling singers who earned pop success and important acclaim as The Pointer Sisters, has died aged 74.
The Grammy-winner died on Saturday whereas she was with members of the family, her publicist Roger Neal stated in an announcement. A reason behind loss of life was not instantly revealed.
“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,” her sister Ruth, brothers Aaron and Fritz and granddaughter Roxie stated within the assertion.
“She was the one that kept all of us close and together for so long.”
Anita Pointer’s solely daughter, Jada, died in 2003.
Anita, Ruth, Bonnie and June Pointer, born the daughters of a minister, grew up singing of their father’s church in Oakland, California.
The group’s 1973 self-titled debut album included the breakout hit Yes We Can Can.
Known for hit songs together with I’m So Excited, Slow Hand, Neutron Dance and Jump (For My Love), the singers gained a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994.
The 1983 album Break Out went triple platinum and garnered two American Music Awards.
The group gained three Grammys and had 13 US prime 20 hit songs between 1973 and 1985.
The Pointer Sisters was additionally the primary African American group to carry out on the Grand Ole Opry program, and the primary modern act to carry out on the San Francisco Opera House, Neil stated.
Bonnie Pointer left the group in 1977, signing a solo cope with Motown Records however having fun with solely modest success.
“We were devastated,” Anita Pointer stated of the departure in 1990.
“We did a show the night she left, but after that we just stopped. We thought it wasn’t going to work without Bonnie.”
The group, in numerous line-ups together with youthful members of the family, continued recording till 1993.
June Pointer died of most cancers on the age of 52 in 2006.
Anita Pointer introduced Bonnie Pointer’s loss of life ensuing from cardiac arrest on the age of 69 in 2020.
“The Pointer Sisters would never have happened had it not been for Bonnie,” she stated in an announcement.
