June Pointer, youngest of the Pointer Sisters, 52
Posted: Wednesday, April 12th, 2006 3:49 pm
[June] Pointer, the youngest of the Grammy-winning trio the Pointer Sisters, who scored hits with “I’m So Excited” and “Jump (For My Love),” died of an undisclosed type of cancer on Tuesday in Los Angeles. She was fifty-two years old.
June had been hospitalized since February, and, according to a family statement, died “in the arms of her sisters, Ruth and Anita,” and with her brothers Aaron and Fritz “by her side.” The statement continues, “Although her sister, Bonnie, was unable to be present, she was with her in spirit.”
The singing sisters got their start in San Francisco in the early Seventies as a quartet, sporting a Forties thrift-shop look and a vintage vocal style that incorporated scat and be-bop. The group sang backup for Grace Slick, Boz Scaggs, Taj Mahal and Elvin Bishop, before releasing their self-titled debut in 1973. …
In 2004, June was arrested outside the Hollywood apartment of her sister Bonnie and charged with felony cocaine possession. She was later ordered to attend rehab. At the time, she had not performed with the Pointer Sisters in more than three years. … Read full obituary
