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    Milestones

    Jun 12, 2020 2 minutes
    —ANDREW R. CHOW

    DIED

    Bonnie Pointer

    Genre-defying pop star

    IT DIDN’T MATTER WHETHER BONNIE POINTER WAS SINGING JAZZ, soul or disco; if she was on the Grand Ole Opry stage or on the set of the film Car Wash next to Richard Pryor. Pointer had talent, charisma and ambition that transcended conventional bounds; she was constantly rewriting the limits of her career.

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