Anita Pointer, one among the Grammy-winning Pointer Sisters whose string of pop, nation and R&B hits within the Seventies and 80s included I’m So Excited, Bounce (For My Love) and Hearth, has died of most cancers aged 74, her publicist stated.
Pointer was surrounded by household at her Beverly Hills residence when she died on Saturday, publicist Roger Neal stated.
The household stated in a press release: “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 are at peace. She was the one which stored all of us shut and collectively for thus lengthy. Her love of our household will continue to exist in every of us.”
Anita was the second-oldest of 4 sisters who began performing because the duo of June and Bonnie in 1969 and shortly turned a trio when Anita give up her job as a secretary to be a part of the group, in line with an official biography. The Pointer Sisters later turned a quartet for some time with Ruth, the one one among the unique singing sisters nonetheless alive.
Anita’s daughter Jada died in 2003, main Anita to take over elevating her granddaughter, Roxie McKain Pointer.
The sisters grew up singing within the church of their father, a preacher in Oakland, California.
Their debut album in 1973 produced their first hit single, Sure We Can Can.
Amongst their larger hits had been Hearth in 1978, He’s So Shy in 1980, Gradual Hand in 1981, and Neutron Dance, Automated and Bounce in 1983. I’m So Excited from 1982 stays a normal.
In recent times, the group continued performing with Ruth singing alongside together with her daughter Issa and granddaughter Sadako.
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