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Anita Pointer (far still left) stated the family was devastated by the dying of Bonnie (2nd still left)
US singer Bonnie Pointer has died aged sixty nine.
She and her sisters rose to fame as the Grammy award-successful Pointer Sisters, who were being ideal acknowledged for the hits Leap (For My Like) and I am So Thrilled.
“Our family is devastated,” her sister Anita advised the Linked Press on Monday.
“On behalf of my siblings and I and the total Pointer family, we check with for your prayers at this time.”
Bonnie and her sister June Pointer initially carried out as a duet and were being later on were being joined by their sisters Anita and Ruth.
The Pointers Sisters grew to become well-known in the nineteen seventies and won the to start with of their 3 Grammy Awards for the music Fairytale in 1975.
Bonnie still left the team to go after a solo profession two yrs later on, but the Pointer Sisters’ accomplishment continued into the nineteen eighties and they were being awarded a star on the Hollywood Wander of Fame in 1994.
Earlier this yr, Anita and Bonnie Pointer introduced a solitary in memory of their sister June, who died in 2006.
Their sister Ruth is the only sibling nevertheless doing in the Pointer Sisters, joined by her daughter and granddaughter.
