Anita Pointer, one of the founding members of the Pointer Sisters, died Saturday, according to her family.
She was 74.
via CBS:
“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,” her family said in a statement. “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. … Heaven is a more loving beautiful place with Anita there.”
Pointer’s publicist Roger Neal said the Grammy winner was surrounded by family at the time of her death.
RIP.
