Country star Mickey Gilley has died.

LOS ANGELES Bonnie Pointer, who in 1969 convinced three of her church-singing siblings to form the Pointer Sisters, which would become one of the biggest acts of the next two decades, died Monday. It is with great sadness that I have to announce to the fans of the Pointer Sisters that my sister, Bonnie died this morning, sister Anita Pointer said in a statement. The Pointer Sisters would never have happened had it not been for Bonnie," Anita Pointer said in her statement. She had always told me, mother, I want something for myself," Bonnie's mother Sarah Pointer told Ebony in 1974. In addition to Ruth and Anita, Bonnie Pointer is survived by her two older brothers, Aaron and Fritz.