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The Pointer Sisters have won three Grammy Awards and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994. The group had 13 US top 20 hits between 1973 and 1987 The group had its origins when sisters June and Bonnie Pointer began performing in clubs in 1969 as "Pointers Au Pair". The line-up grew to a trio when sister Anita joined them.
"Bonnie was my best friend and we talked every day, we never had a fight in our life, I already miss her and I will see her again one day," said her sister and bandmate, Anita.
Born the youngest of six children to minister parents Reverend Elton and Sarah Pointer, June shared a love of singing with her sisters. In 1969, she and sister Bonnie founded the Pointers. The duo sang at numerous clubs, then became a trio later that year when sister Anita quit her job as a secretary to join them. The group officially changed ...
Patricia Eva "Bonnie" Pointer (July 11, 1950 – June 8, 2020) was an American singer, best known for having been a member of the vocal group the Pointer Sisters.Pointer scored several moderate solo hits after leaving the Pointer Sisters in 1977, including a disco cover of the Elgins' "Heaven Must Have Sent You" which became a U.S. top 20 pop hit on September 1, 1979.
Bonnie Pointer, one of the founding members of the hit group, The Pointer Sisters, has died. She was 69 years old. Bonnie won her first Grammy Award with her sisters in 1974 with their hit song ...
Pointer and her sisters found fame in 1973, when she sang lead on "Yes We Can Can", which reached No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100.[7] [8] In 1974, Pointer's writing talents helped the group make music history when "Fairytale" became a hit on the country music charts and enabled the Pointer Sisters to become the first black female group to perform at the Grand Ole Opry. [9] "
The author's little sister, Meggan Killough, who died by suicide in 2014. I grew up in a family where mental health and therapy was a way of life. It was not taboo or brushed under any kind of ...
This is a category of persons who have died by suicide while in prison. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. ...