Anita Pointer, from the Grammy-winning Pointer Sisters, died at the age of 74 on December 31. Her publicist Rogher Neal announced the news via a statement. He said she passed away while she was with family members at her Beverley Hills home in California. The cause of death was not immediately revealed
‘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 together for so long,’ her sister Ruth, brothers Aaron and Fritz and granddaughter Roxie McKain Pointer said in the statement.
Anita was with the Oakland-based group from its formation in 1969 until she was forced to retire due to health reasons in 2015.
The Pointer Sisters self-titled debut album included the breakout hit, ‘Yes We Can Can.’
The singers, best known for hit songs like ‘I’m So Excited,’ ‘Slow Hand,’ ‘Neutron Dance’ and ‘Jump (For My Love),’ gained a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994.
The group won three Grammy Awards and had 13 US top 20 hit songs between 1973 and 1985, Neal said.
The Pointer Sisters also was the first African American group to perform on the Grand Ole Opry program and the first contemporary act to perform at the San Francisco Opera House, he added.
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