Bonnie Pointer, who rose to fame as a member of the Pointer Sisters, has died at age 69.

Her cause of death was cardiac arrest.

Bonnie was one of the founding members of the group and left in the mid-1970s to pursue a solo career.

The family’s youngest sister, June, died in 2006. A few months ago, Bonnie and Anita released a tribute song for June, “Feels Like June.” It was Bonnie’s final recording.

The sisters began singing in the West Oakland Church of God in Oakland, California, their father’s church, more than 50 years ago. Bonnie, June, and Anita former the Pointer Sisters in 1969. A fourth sister, Ruth, joined the group in 1972 before they released their debut album in 1973 and had their first hit with “Yes We Can Can.”

Bonnie won a Grammy in 1974, along with Anita, in a country category for writing the crossover hit “Fairtytale.” She left the group in 1977, shortly before the Pointer Sisters had their biggest run of hits in the late ’70s and early ’80s with songs like “Fire” and “Neutron Dance.”

Her biggest song as a solo artist, “Heaven Must Have Sent You,” made it to No. 11 in 1979. She recorded and released a total of four solo albums, the last of which was “Like a Picasso” in 2011.

The sisters reunited on occasions, such as their receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994. Pointer continued to perform as a solo artist into the 2000s.

Bonnie Pointer is survived by her brothers: Aaron and Fritz; and sisters: Ruth and Anita Pointer.