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A family statement said June died "in the arms of her sisters Ruth and Anita and her brothers Aaron and Fritz by her side". [7] Pointer's funeral was held at the Church of the Hills in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles. [8] Pointer was cremated, and her ashes were buried at Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery in San Rafael, California. [9]
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 ...
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.
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 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.
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] "
Olivia was shot in the head by her mother, Tranyelle Harshman, 32, at the family home in Byron, Wyoming, on Feb. 10, in a murder-suicide rampage in which the mom also killed her 9-year-old sister ...
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