Bonnie Pointer, founding member of The Pointer Sisters, dead at 69

[thebigcookie]

(CNN)Bonnie Pointer, one of the founding members of the group The Pointer Sisters, died Monday, according to her sister, Anita Pointer. She was 69. "Our family is devastated, on behalf of my siblings and I and the entire Pointer family, we ask for your prayers at this time," Anita Pointer said in a statement to CNN "Bonnie was my best friend and we talked every day," she continued. "We never had a fight in our life. I already miss her and I will see her again one day." Bonnie Pointer died of cardiac arrest, according to her publicist, Roger Neal. In her statement, Anita Pointer credited Bonnie for the success of their musical family. "The Pointer Sisters never would have happened had it not been for Bonnie," she said.

Bonnie Pointer, founding member of The Pointer Sisters, dead at 69 - CNN

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

Thank u Bonnie for starting the Pointer Sisters group - lots of great memories of singing along with them on the radio years ago.

RIP Bonnie.