A FOUNDING member of the Pointer Sisters passed away yesterday in Beverly Hills. Publicist Roger Neal said Anita Pointer died surrounded by her family on Saturday.
The family said in a statement: "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 & Bonnie and at peace. "She was the one that kept all of us close and together for so long.
Her love of our family will live on in each of us." The Pointer Sisters formed in Oakland, California, and first found success in the 1970s.
The group won three Grammy awards and were honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994. READ MORE IN SHOWBIZRADIO LEGEND What to know about the death of radio personality Dick Clark'COULDN'T KICK OUT' Ex-WWE & AEW star Jaysin Strife dies aged 37 after 'long health battle' Ruth Pointer is the only surviving sister of the music group, after June Pointer died in 2006 and Bonnie Pointer died in 2020.
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