In this file picture, Anita Pointer of The Pointer Sisters performs on the third annual Alfred Mann Foundation Innovation and Inspiration Gala on Sept. 9, 2006, in Beverly Hills, Calif.

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In this file picture, Anita Pointer of The Pointer Sisters performs on the third annual Alfred Mann Foundation Innovation and Inspiration Gala on Sept. 9, 2006, in Beverly Hills, Calif.

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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Anita Pointer, certainly one of 4 sibling singers who earned pop success and significant acclaim as The Pointer Sisters, died Saturday on the age of 74, her publicist introduced.

The Grammy winner handed away whereas she was with members of the family, publicist Roger Neal stated in a press release. A explanation for dying was not instantly 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, bothers Aaron and Fritz and granddaughter Roxie McKain Pointer stated within the assertion.

Anita Pointer’s solely daughter, Jada Pointer, died in 2003.

Anita, Ruth, Bonnie and June Pointer, born the daughters of a minister, grew up singing of their father’s church in Oakland, California.

The group’s 1973 self-titled debut album included the breakout hit, “Yes We Can Can.” Known for hit songs together with “I’m So Excited,” “Slow Hand,” “Neutron Dance” and “Jump (For My Love),” the singers gained a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994.

The 1983 album “Break Out” went triple platinum and garnered two American Music Awards. The group received three Grammy Awards and had 13 U.S. high 20 hit songs between 1973 and 1985, Neal stated.

The Pointer Sisters additionally was the primary African American group to carry out on the Grand Ole Opry program and the primary up to date act to carry out on the San Francisco Opera House, Neal stated.

Bonnie Pointer left the group in 1977, signing a solo cope with Motown Records however having fun with solely modest success. “We were devastated,” Anita Pointer stated of the departure in 1990. “We did a show the night she left, but after that, we just stopped. We thought it wasn’t going to work without Bonnie.”

The group, in numerous lineups together with youthful members of the family, continued recording via 1993.

June Pointer died of most cancers on the age of 52 in 2006.

Anita Pointer introduced Bonnie Pointer’s death ensuing from cardiac arrest on the age of 69 in 2020. “The Pointer Sisters would never have happened had it not been for Bonnie,” she stated in a press release.