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Anita Pointer of the Pointer Sisters useless at 74

Anita Pointer, one of many Grammy-winning Pointer Sisters whose string of pop, nation and R&B hits within 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 mentioned. Pointer was surrounded by household at her Beverly Hills house when she died, publicist Roger Neal mentioned.

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