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She was surrounded by family when she passed away on Saturday, her publicist said. Anita Pointer, a member of the Grammy-winning R&B group The Pointer Sisters, passed away from cancer at the age of 74, according to her publicist. She was surrounded by family when she passed away on Saturday, her publicist Roger Neal said, Fox News reported. "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...

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...

Bonnie Pointer, a Grammy-winning founding member of the Pointer Sisters, who was essential to the group’s early success but left the group before most of their biggest hits, died Monday. Pointer died of cardiac arrest in Los Angeles, publicist Roger Neal said. She was 69. “It is with great sadness that I have to announce to the fans of the Pointer Sisters that my sister, Bonnie died this morning,” sister Anita Pointer said in a statement. “Our family is devastated, on behalf of my siblings and I and the entire Pointer family, we ask for your prayers at this time.”...

June Pointer, the youngest of the singing Pointer Sisters known for the 1970s and 1980s hits "I'm So Excited," "Fire," and "Slow Hand," has died, her family said Wednesday. She was 52. Pointer died of cancer Tuesday at Santa Monica University of California, Los Angeles, Medical Center, the family said in a statement. She had been hospitalized since late February and the type of cancer wasn't disclosed. She died "in the arms of her sisters, Ruth and Anita and her brothers, Aaron and Fritz, by her side," the family statement read. "Although her sister, Bonnie, was unable to be present,...