player and later a referee in the National Football League. Her cousin Paul Silas was a National Basketball Association player and head coach. Health and death In October 2021, Pointer was supposed to be a contestant on season 6 of The Masked Singer, as part of a duet with her sister Ruth, who revealed that Pointer had not performed because she was dealing with an illness. Pointer died from cancer at her home in Beverly Hills, California, on December 31, 2022, aged 74. Discography Albums Love for What It Is (1987 RCA Records) "Overnight Success" (4:45) "Love Me Like You Do (5:25) "The Pledge" (duet with Philip Bailey) (3:16) "You Don't Scare Me" (3:40) "More Than a Memory" (4:45) "Have a Little Faith in Love" (5:56) "Love for What It Is" (5:05) "Beware of What You Want" (5:42) "Temporarily Blue" (4:20) Singles Guest singles Soundtracks 1996: The Associate References External links Biography of Anita Pointer 1948 births 2022 deaths 20th-century African-American women singers 21st-century African-American women singers African-American songwriters American rhythm and blues singers Deaths from cancer in California Musicians from Oakland, California People from Prescott, Arkansas Anita Singers from Arkansas Songwriters from Arkansas Songwriters from California The Pointer Sisters members United Service Organizations entertainers