June Pointer Succumbs To Cancer
According to a report posted on EURWeb this morning, June Pointer Whitmore the youngest of the legendary Pointer Sisters has died. She was 52. Ms. Pointer died yesterday, April 11. According to the National Enquirer, the singer, who has had a troubled history of drug and alcohol abuse, suffered a stroke on Feb. 27, 2006. While in the hospital Pointer was also diagnosed with breast cancer, colon cancer, liver cancer and bone cancer. "After speaking to her sister Bonnie Pointer, she confirmed that June doesn't have much longer to live," said senior reporter Patricia Shipp. Pointer is was in a hospice in Santa Monica. According to
www.thepointersistersfans.com website, Ruth and Anita cancelled their shows on 4/8 and 4/9 to be by the side of their gravely ill sister. June had been replaced in the group by her niece, Ruth's daughter, Issa.