Anita Pointer, the Grammy-winning artist who was a founding member of the R&B pop sister group The Pointer Sisters, has died. She was 74.
“She fought a really heroic battle with most cancers,” her publicist, Roger Neal, advised The Hollywood Reporter. “She was surrounded by household on the time of her dying.”
Pointer’s sister Ruth, brothers Aaron and Fritz and granddaughter Roxie McKain Pointer launched a joint assertion after her dying on Saturday evening.
“Whereas we’re deeply saddened by the lack of Anita, we’re comforted in realizing she is now together with her daughter, Jada and her sisters June and Bonnie and at peace,” their assertion learn. “She was the one which stored all of us shut and collectively for thus lengthy.”
They continued, “Her love of our household will reside on in every of us. Please respect our privateness throughout this era of grief and loss. Heaven is a extra loving lovely place with Anita there.”
Pointer was born in Oakland, California, on Jan. 23, 1948. She was the fourth of six kids and grew up singing in her dad’s church together with her sisters. In 1969, she and her youthful sisters Bonnie, June and Ruth shaped the Pointer Sisters.
The Pointer Sisters’ debut album gave them their first Grammy-winning hit “Fairytale,” which crossed over from nation charts to pop charts and finally led to them being the primary African American group to carry out on the Grand Ole Opry. They have been additionally the primary up to date act to carry out on the San Francisco Opera Home.
In 1976, the group made their function movie debut with Automobile Wash, and their track “Neutron Dance” was featured in Beverly Hills Cop. Their greatest album, Breakout, went triple-platinum and featured hits like “Bounce” and “Automated,” finally profitable them two American Music Awards.
The Pointer Sisters gained three Grammys over the course of their careers, they usually have been inducted into the Soul Prepare Corridor of Fame.
Survivors embody Ruth, Aaron, Fritz and Roxie McKain.
