Anita Pointer, a founding member of The Pointer Sisters, has died.
On Saturday, spokesperson Roger Neal introduced that the singer-songwriter had handed away following a battle with most cancers. She was 74.
“Whereas we’re deeply saddened by the lack of Anita, we’re comforted in figuring out she is now together with her daughter Jada and her sisters June & Bonnie and at peace,” her household mentioned in a press release. “She was the one which stored all of us shut and collectively for thus lengthy. Her love of our household will dwell on in every of us.”
Founding member June Pointer died in 2006 on the age of 52, whereas Bonnie Pointer handed away aged 69 in 2020.
The vocalist’s daughter Jada, whom she shared with ex-husband David Harper, additionally died of most cancers in 2003.
Ruth Pointer is the final surviving unique member of The Pointer Sisters.
Based within the late ’60s, the group achieved success within the ’80s with hits similar to Automated and Soar (For My Love).
They gained three Grammy Awards and acquired a star on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame in 1994.
Anita retired from the music enterprise in 2015 on account of poor well being.
