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   Anita Pointer. Anita Marie Pointer (January 23, 1948 – December 31, 2022) was an American singer and songwriter, best known as a founding member of the vocal group the Pointer Sisters. She co-wrote and was the lead singer on their hit song "Fairytale", which garnered them their first Grammy Award in 1975. She was also the lead singer on many ...

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3. www.rollingstone.com › music › music-newsAnita Pointer, of the Pointer Sisters, Dead at 74 - Rolling Stone

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   Jan 1, 2023 · Anita Pointer, a member of the sibling hit-making group the Pointer Sisters, died on Saturday at age 74, her family announced. The group had a string of big hits including "Fire", "Jump (for My Love)" and "I'm So Excited".

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4. www.cnn.com › 2023/01/01 › entertainmentAnita Pointer of The Pointer Sisters dies at age 74 | CNN

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   Jan 1, 2023 · Anita Pointer, one of the founding members of the R&B group The Pointer Sisters, has died at age 74, according to her publicist Roger Neal. Pointer passed away Saturday at her home in Los Angeles ...

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6. www.nytimes.com › anita-pointer-deadAnita Pointer, Frequent Lead Singer of Famed Sister Act, Dies ...

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   Jan 1, 2023 · Anita Marie Pointer was born on Jan. 23, 1948, in Oakland, Calif. Her father, the Rev. Elton Pointer, and her mother, Sarah Elizabeth Silas Pointer, both ministered to a small congregation. The ...

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7. www.npr.org › 2023/01/01 › 1146506030Singer Anita Pointer of The Pointer Sisters has died at age 74

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   Jan 1, 2023 · Anita Pointer's only daughter, Jada Pointer, died in 2003. Anita, Ruth, Bonnie and June Pointer, born the daughters of a minister, grew up singing in their father's church in Oakland, California.

8. www.cbsnews.com › news › anita-pointer-dies-age-74Anita Pointer, founding member of the Pointer Sisters, dies ...

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   Jan 1, 2023 · Anita Pointer, one of the four sisters who made up the popular pop group, passed away on Saturday, her family announced. She was the last surviving member of the group, which had hits like "Fairytale" and "Jump (For My Love)".

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   Who are the Pointer Sisters?

   • The group started with four Pointer Sisters — Anita, Ruth, Bonnie and June — and became a trio when Bonnie left to pursue a solo career in 1977. Anita sang lead on all three of the group’s Top 40 hits in its original incarnation, including the breakout hit, “Yes We Can Can,” from its debut album, “The Pointer Sisters” (1973).

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   What happened to Anita Pointer?

   • The Pointer Sisters also recorded the memorable pinball counting song for Sesame Street in the 1970s. Anita Pointer is survived by her sister, Ruth Pointer, brothers Aaron Pointer, Fritz Pointer, and granddaughter Roxie McKain Pointer.

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   Who is Anita Pointer?

   • She was the lead vocalist on all three of the Pointer Sisters’ Top 40 hits in the group’s early years, and she helped define its pop sound in the 1980s. Anita Pointer performing in Los Angeles in 2012. She and her sisters began singing in church, and went on to have a series of hit songs. Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for City of Hope

   Anita Pointer, Frequent Lead Singer of Famed Sister Act, Dies at 74

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   Is Anita Pointer dead or still alive?

   • Anita Pointer performs at the Venice Family Clinic's 32nd Annual Silver Circle Gala at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on March 3, 2014 in Beverly Hills, California. Anita Pointer, one of the founding members of the R&B group The Pointer Sisters, has died at age 74, according to her publicist Roger Neal.

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10. www.nbcnews.com › news › us-newsAnita Pointer of the Pointer Sisters dies at 74 - NBC News

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    Jan 1, 2023 · Anita Pointer of the Grammy-winning Pointer Sisters died of cancer on Saturday at age 74. Anita was the second oldest of the four sisters who rose to fame with hits in the 1970s and ’80s ...