Seventies' and eighties RnB star Anita Pointer has died in Los Angeles on New Year's Eve aged 74. The singer - who sang with her sisters The Pointer Sisters - was surrounded by her family when she died, her publicist Roger Neal has said.
In a statement, her family said: "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. Heaven is a more loving beautiful place with Anita there. 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."
Her sister Bonnie Pointer, who co-founded the group in the late 60s, died in 2020 while her other sister June died in 2006, reports the Mirror. Anita's daughter Jada - who inspired The Pointer Sisters' 1973 song Jada, died in 2003 from pancreatic cancer aged 37. Following Jada's death, Anita raised her only grandchild Roxie.
