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Delloreese Patricia Early (July 6, 1931 – November 19, 2017), known professionally as Della Reese, was an American jazz and gospel singer, actress, and ordained minister whose career spanned seven decades. She began her long career as a singer, scoring a hit with her 1959 single "Don't You Know?".
Actress: Touched by an Angel. Della began singing in her hometown of Detroit when she was 6 years old. As a teenager, she toured with gospel great Mahalia Jackson and, at the age of 18, she formed the Meditation Singers and became the first performer to take gospel music to the casinos of Las Vegas. She was a vocalist with the Erskine Hawkins ...
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Nov 20, 2017 · Della Reese, who sang with Mahalia Jackson and co-hosted The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, passed away at 86 in 2017. She was best known for playing Tess, a heaven-sent angel, on the CBS series Touched By an Angel.
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Nov 20, 2017 · Della Reese, the husky-voiced singer and actress who spent almost a decade playing a down-to-earth heavenly messenger on the CBS series “Touched by an Angel” and became an ordained minister in...
Nov 20, 2017 · Della Reese was a pop and jazz star in the '50s and '60s, and a TV actress on "Touched by an Angel" and other shows. She also became a pastor of her own church in Los Angeles.
Nov 20, 2017 · The Associated Press reports that Reese died peacefully in her home in the Los Angeles area on Sunday evening. She was known for her gospel-influenced singing and her role as Tess, the wise angel, on the popular TV drama.
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Nov 21, 2017 · Della Reese, a performer and pastor best known for her starring role on the CBS spiritual drama Touched by an Angel, has died at 86. “Her signature television role came late in life,” NPR’s Eric Deggans reported.
