Singer June Pointer dies of cancer at age 52

LOS ANGELES, Apr 13 (Reuters) June Pointer, youngest of the Pointer Sisters pop group whose hits included ''Fire,'' ''Slow Hand'' and ''I'm So Excited,'' died of cancer at age 52 today, a family spokesman said.

Two of her sisters, Ruth and Anita, and two brothers, Aaron and Fritz, were at her side at the UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica when she died, the spokesman said.

Her third sister, Bonnie, was unable to be present, the spokesman added. The type of cancer was not disclosed.

The sisters, who received their vocal training at their father's church in West Oakland, California, began as a quartet in the 1970s and become a trio when their sister Bonnie left to pursue a solo career in the 1980s.

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