The Pointer Sisters’ Anita Pointer is Dead at 74!
- The iconic Pointer sisters’ Anita Pointer died at the age of 74 following her cancer battle.
- One of the founding members of the iconic Pointer Sisters vocal group died on December 31, 2022.
- Let’s celebrate the life of Anita ahead of her funeral and memorial services.
RIP Anita Pointer! Family history of Cancer
Anita Pointer from Grammy-winning Pointer Sisters dies on New Year’s Eve 2022 following her cancer battle. The singer died peacefully at her home while being surrounded by her loved ones as her publicist confirmed,
“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 and Bonnie, and at peace.”
The death statement of the Automatic and I’m So Excited singer continues to offer condolences to the bereaved family of the deceased,
“She was the one that kept all of us close and together for so long. Her love of our family will live on in each of us. Please respect our privacy during this period of grief and loss. Heaven is a more loving, beautiful place with Anita there.”
The late musician is survived by her four closest survivors, her sister, Ruth, brothers Aaron and Fritz, and her granddaughter Roxie McKain Pointer.
Pointer left an estimated net worth of $ 5 million after her demise. It’s not the first time someone from the Pointers family died of cancer. Anita’s daughter died of cancer aged 37 in 2003 while her sister June died in 2006 due to cancer.
The last death before Anita’s was Bonnie Pointer died from a cardiac arrest at her home in Los Angeles on June 8, 2020, at the age of 69.
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Tributes are pouring in for the late singer Anita
The member of the first African-American group to ever perform at the Grand Ole Opry, Anita Pointer is dead at 74. Her not-so-famous fans tweeted about her death writing,
RIP Anita Pointer of The Pointer Sisters. Damn! Ruth the only one left now
Another fan also devastated after the demise of the Pointers’ Sister Anita Tweeted,
Anita Pointer passed away.We just lost Bonnie in 2020 and June died in 2006. Ruth is now the only sister left. Prayers to her family and RIP Anita Pointer ??️ The Pointer Sisters won their first Grammy for a country song Anita and Bonnie wrote “Fairytale”
While the fans and the loved ones of Anita Pointer rush to react to the death news, third wrote,
Anita Pointer, the last surviving original member of the Pointer Sisters, passed away yesterday aged 74. The announcement gave no detail other than that she was surrounded by family. Jump, Neutron Dance, Slow Hand, I’m So Excited, He’s So Shy. All those hits! And all that hair!
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