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Anita Pointer, who earned critical acclaim with the Pointer Sisters

Video. The Pointer Sisters singer, Anita Pointer, dies aged 74

Updated: 01/01/2023 - 16:17 GMT+1

The group won three Grammy Awards and had 13 US top 20 hit songs in the 1970's and 1980's.

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