The cause was cardiac arrest, her sister Anita Pointer said. In their first phase, starting in the early 1970s, the Pointer Sisters were a foursome with a dynamic, genre-crossing style. The sisters, who grew up in Oakland, Calif., honed their vocal skills as children at the West Oakland Church of God, where their father was the pastor. Bonnie and June, the two youngest sisters, began performing in 1969 under the name The Pointers — A Pair. In a phone interview, Anita Pointer said she quit her job as a legal secretary after seeing Bonnie and June onstage in San Francisco.

Source: New York Times June 09, 2020 22:41 UTC