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ANITA POINTER OF THE POINTER SISTERS DIES

Anita Pointer, co-founder of The Pointer Sisters, dies at 74

Anita Pointer, who sang with her sisters to commercial fame as the Pointer Sisters, has died at the age of 74.

Grammy winning writer/singer and founding member of the Pointer Sisters, Anita Pointer, died Saturday at the age of 74.

Anita Pointer, a founding member of chart-topping Grammy-winners the Pointer Sisters, has died at the age of 74.

Its a day of mourning in the Pointer family, as the last surviving original member of the iconic musical group The Pointer Sisters passed away.

Anita Pointer, one of the Grammy-winning Pointer Sisters whose string of pop, country and R&B hits in the 1970s and '80s included I'm So Excited, Jump (For My Love) and Fire, has died of cancer on Saturday at age 74.

Anita Pointer, one of four sibling singers who earned pop success and critical acclaim as The Pointer Sisters, died Saturday at the age of 74,

With roots in gospel and a radical spirit of resistance, The Pointer Sisters reformulated the girl group for an era of self-actualization and Black power, scoring a massive run of hits along the way.

Grammy-winning singer Anita Pointer, a founding member of the Pointer Sisters who had a string of hit songs in the 70s and 80s, has died of cancer at her home in Beverly Hills, her publicist said. She was 74.