Anita Pointer, one of the Grammy-winning Pointer Sisters, dies at 74

Jermaine Jackson (right) performs with the Pointer Sisters June (left), Ruth (second left) and Anita on stage during an award ceremony in Zwentendorf in Lower Austria July 24, 2009. Anita Pointer died of cancer on Saturday at age 74. – Photo: Reuters

Anita Pointer, one of the Grammy-winning Pointer Sisters whose string of pop, country and R&B hits in the 1970s and '80s included I'm So Excited, Jump (For My Love) and Fire, died of cancer on Saturday at age 74, her publicist said.

Pointer was surrounded by family at her Beverly Hills home when she died, publicist Roger Neal said.