Bonnie Pointer of the Pointer Sisters Passes Away At 69

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Bonnie Pointer of the Pointer Sisters Passes Away At 69

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Bonnie Pointer, one of the famed members of the Pointer Sisters, has passed away.

“It is with great sadness that I have to announce to the fans of the Pointer Sisters that my sister Bonnie died this morning,” Anita Pointer said in regards to her sister Patricia aka Bonnie.

“Bonnie in particular was driven, citing a desperate need to do something with her life,” Ruth Pointer wrote about her sister in her memoir, I’m So Excited: My Life as a Pointer.

Bonnie Pointer left the Pointer Sisters in 1977.

Bonnie Pointer is survived by her brothers Aaron and Fritz and her sisters, Ruth and Pointer of the Pointer Sisters Passes Away At 69

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