Anita Pointer, a member of the Grammy-winning group The Pointer Sisters — whose hits included I’m So Excited and Jump (For My Love) — has died of cancer at the age of 74.
Her publicist Roger Neal said she died Saturday at her Beverly Hills home, surrounded by her family.
The Pointer Sisters – also known at various times as Bonnie, Anita and their brothers June and Ruth – formed in Oakland, California and became successful in the 1970s.
The group has won three Grammys and was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994.
Ruth is the only surviving sister.
June died in 2006, while Bonnie – who left the group in 1977 to pursue a solo career – died in 2020 at the age of 69.
Anita’s daughter, Jada, died in 2003 as the singer took on the job of raising her granddaughter, Roxie McKain Pointer.
The family said in a statement: “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. 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,” reports Sky.
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