Anita Pointer, one of the Grammy-winning Pointer Sisters whose string of pop, nation and R&B hits in the Nineteen Seventies and ’80s included I’m So Excited, Jump (For My Love) and Fire, died of most cancers on Saturday at age 74, her publicist stated.
Pointer was surrounded by household at her Beverly Hills dwelling when she died, publicist Roger Neal stated.
Anita was the second oldest of 4 sisters who began performing as the duo of June and Bonnie in 1969 and shortly grew to become a trio when Anita give up her job as a secretary to hitch the group, in accordance with an official biography.
The Pointer Sisters later grew to become a quartet for some time with Ruth, the solely one of the unique singing sisters nonetheless alive, although Bonnie left the group in the late Nineteen Seventies and so they grew to become a trio as soon as once more. The Pointer sisters even have two surviving brothers, Fritz and Aaron.
Anita was preceded in loss of life by her daughter Jada, who died in 2003, when Anita took over elevating her granddaughter, Roxie McKain Pointer.
“While we’re deeply saddened by the loss of Anita, we’re comforted in figuring out she is now along with her daughter Jada and her sisters June & Bonnie and at peace. She was the one that stored all of us shut and collectively for thus lengthy. Her love of our household will stay on in every of us,” the household stated in a press release.
The sisters grew up singing in the church of their father, a preacher in Oakland, California.
Their debut album in 1973 produced their first hit single Yes We Can Can.
Among their greater hits had been Fire in 1978, He’s So Shy in 1980, Slow Hand in 1981, and Neutron Dance, Automatic and Jump in 1983. I’m So Excited from 1982 stays a regular.
In current years, the group continued performing with Ruth singing alongside along with her daughter Issa and granddaughter Sadako. – Reuters
