Anita Pointer was an American singer-songwriter who was a founding member of the Pointer Sisters.
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Anita Pointer as the fourth of six siblings including brothers Fritz and Aaron and sisters Ruth, Bonnie, and June Pointer.
Meet Ruth Pointer
As of this writing Ruth Esther Pointer is the eldest and last surviving member of the American family vocal group the Pointer Sisters.
Ruth and her sisters released their first album in 1973. Ruth Pointer has been married five times and has five children.
Meet June Pointer
June Pointer was the youngest of the founding members of the vocal group The Pointer Sisters
June had a stroke on February 27, 2006. She was diagnosed with cancer while in the hospital, and it had spread to her breast, colon, liver, and bones.
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She died on April 11, 2006, at the age of 52, at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.
Meet Bonnie Pointer
Bonnie Pointer shared the stage with her sisters before leaving the group in 1977. Bonnie Pointer died on June 8, 2020, at the age of 69, from a cardiac arrest caused by ten years of alcoholic liver disease and cirrhosis.
Meet Aaron Pointer
Anita Pointer’s older brother, Aaron, is a retired baseball player and later NFL referee. He played in MLB for the Houston Colt .45’s/Astros in 1963 and 1966–67.
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