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Anita Pointer, founding member of The Pointer Sisters, dead at 74
/ktla ^ | 12/31/2022 | Vivian Chow

Posted on 12/31/2022 8:47:00 PM PST by BenLurkin

Pointer was born in Oakland on Jan. 23, 1948, and was the fourth of six children to Reverend Elton and Sarah Pointer.

She and her sisters grew up singing in their dad’s church. In the tenth grade, Anita played alto saxophone as a member of the McRae High School band. In 1969, Pointer quit her job as a secretary to join her younger sisters to form their eponymous group.

Pointer leaves behind, her sister, Ruth Pointer, brothers Aaron Pointer, Fritz Pointer and granddaughter Roxie McKain Pointer.

Pointer was born in Oakland on Jan. 23, 1948, and was the fourth of six children to Reverend Elton and Sarah Pointer.

She and her sisters grew up singing in their dad’s church. In the tenth grade, Anita played alto saxophone as a member of the McRae High School band. In 1969, Pointer quit her job as a secretary to join her younger sisters to form their eponymous group.

Pointer leaves behind, her sister, Ruth Pointer, brothers Aaron Pointer, Fritz Pointer and granddaughter Roxie McKain Pointer.

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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: anitapointer; pointersisters; thepointersisters
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To: BenLurkin

The Pointer Sisters played at an Apple Christmas Party in San Francisco in either 1981 or 1982. My then bride-to-be and I were there celebrating. She managed software licensing at Apple in those fun, turbulent, and exciting early years.


21 posted on 12/31/2022 11:16:09 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (If you're not part of the solution, you're just scumming up the bottom of the beake)
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To: BenLurkin

Talented lady, along with her sisters.
RIP.


22 posted on 01/01/2023 3:40:02 AM PST by tennmountainman ( Less Lindell CONS, More AZ Style Audits)
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To: BenLurkin

Beautiful voices, all of them. RIP lady.


23 posted on 01/01/2023 3:41:09 AM PST by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: BenLurkin

Oh no. R.I.P.


24 posted on 01/01/2023 4:08:07 AM PST by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: BenLurkin

One of my favorite groups...
R.I.P. Anita...
74 is far too young to go...


25 posted on 01/01/2023 10:30:39 AM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperatly need him)
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To: BenLurkin

I liked the Pointer Sisters. They had some upbeat songs from the late 1970s into the mid 1980s.


26 posted on 01/01/2023 10:32:11 AM PST by SamAdams76 (4,777,271 | Truth Social | 87,821,414 | Twitter | Trump Followers)
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To: BenLurkin

The most-remarkable skin-lightening job in Hollywood history, flawless.


27 posted on 01/01/2023 10:34:01 AM PST by StAnDeliver (Tanned, rested, and ready.)
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