Anita Pointer passed away. The singer of the Pointer Sisters in the 1970s and 1980s died in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. She turned 74 years old.
Roger Neal, who worked for Anita, said she died with her family by her side. Her other sister, June, died in 2006, and her sister Bonnie, who co-founded the band with her in the late 1960s, died in 2020.
In an emotional statement, her family said: “We are very saddened by Anita’s death, but we are comforted by the fact that she is now at peace with her daughter Jada and her sisters June and Bonnie.”
Anita Pointer of The Pointer Sisters has passed away at the age of 74. https://t.co/QwP03EaLGA pic.twitter.com/V7VOIFWkgu
— The Pointer Sisters (@PointerOfficial) January 1, 2023
Because Anita is “there,” they said, Heaven is now a “beautiful, beautiful place.” Their 1973 song “Jada” was about Anita’s daughter Jada. Jada died of pancreatic cancer in 2003. After Jada died, Anita raised Roxie, her only grandchild.
Anita Pointer Cause of Death
Sky News says cancer was the cause of Anita Pointer’s death. After the statement was made public, her family asked people to give them some privacy during this difficult time.
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What were the Pointer Sisters?
Bonnie and June Pointer formed The Pointer Sisters as a duo in 1969. Anita Pointer later joined the group. Before sister Ruth transformed the group into a quartet in 1972, just as they were reaching their commercial peak, they were a trio.
It is said that the talented sisters learned to sing at the church in Oakland, California, where their father was a pastor. “Sure We Can”, their first hit, was on their first album, which was released in 1973.
I am devastated to hear that Anita Pointer has passed away 😔 She passed away yesterday at the age of 74 after losing a battle against cancer 💔
I always played her and Earl Thomas Conley too many times, but she had so many hits that I love#REST IN PEACE #anitapointer #70s #80s #music pic.twitter.com/LHZaxnAHji
— The Jeremy Lee Show (@JeremyLeeTweets) January 1, 2023
‘Fire’, which came out in 1978, ‘He’s So Shy’, ‘Slow Hand’, ‘Neutron Dance’ and ‘Automatic and Jump’, which all came out in 1983, and ‘I’m So Excited’, which came out in 1982 , were also hits. During their career, the Pointer Sisters won three Grammy Awards.
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