Anita Pointer Cause of Death: She sang lead on all three of the Pointer Sisters’ early Top 40 singles, helping to shape the pop sound of the band in the 1980s. Anita Pointer passed away on Saturday at her home in Beverly Hills, California.ContentsAbout Anita PointerAnita Pointer Cause of DeathAnita Pointer Left the Pointer Sisters […]
the Pointer Sisters, American vocal group that scored a string of pop, dance, and urban contemporary hits in the 1970s and ’80s. The sisters were Ruth Pointer (b. March 19, 1946, Oakland, California, U.S.), Anita Pointer (b. January 23, 1948, Oakland, California, U.S. d. December 31, 2022, Beverly Hills, California), Bonnie Pointer (b. July 11, 1950, Oakland, California, U.S. d. June 8, 2020, Los Angeles, California), and June Pointer (b. November 30, 1953, Oakland, California, U.S. d. April 11, 2006, Santa Monica, California). The group, which initially consisted only of Bonnie and June, began with a series of successful appearances at San Francisco