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.WebsiteDelloreese Patricia Early (July 6, 1931 – November 19, 2017), known professionally as Della Reese, was an American jazz and gospel singer, actress, and whose career spanned seven decades. Her long career began as a singer, scoring a hit with her 1959 single '. In the late 1960s she hosted her own talk show, Della, which ran for 197 episodes. From 1975 she also starred in films, playing opposite in (1989), in (1996) and in (2010). Reese achieved continued success in the religious television (1994–2003), in which she played the leading role of Tess.

Touched by an Angel is the sweet story of an angel named Monica (Roma Downey) who finally gets promoted to caseworker and her journeys throughout the. The angels help with a social event for a well-known doctor, his wife, and his mother. A young child shows up at their home, claiming to be the child they agreed to sponsor.

Contents.Early years Della Reese was born Delloreese Patricia Early on July 6, 1931, in the historic neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan, to Richard Thaddeus Early, an African American steelworker, and Nellie (Mitchelle), a Native American cook of the tribe. Her mother had had several children before Reese's birth, none of whom lived with her; hence, Reese grew up as an only child.

At six years old, Reese began singing in church; from this experience she became an avid singer. On weekends in the 1940s, she and her mother would go to the movies independently to watch the likes of, and portray glamorous lives on screen.

Afterward, Reese would act out scenes from the films. In 1944, she began her career directing the young people's choir, after she had nurtured acting plus her obvious musical talent. She was often chosen, on radio, as a regular singer. At the age of 13, she was hired to sing with 's gospel group.

Reese entered Detroit's (where she attended the same year as Edna Rae Gillooly, later known as ). She also continued with her touring with Jackson. With higher grades, she became in 1947 the first in her family to graduate from high school, aged 15.After this she formed her own gospel group, the. However, due in part to her father's serious illness and the death of her mother, Reese had to interrupt her schooling at to help support her family.

Faithful to the memory of her mother, Delloreese moved out of her father's house when she disapproved of him taking up with a new girlfriend. She then took on odd jobs, such as truck driver, dental receptionist, and elevator operator, after 1949. Performing in clubs, Early soon decided to shorten her name from 'Delloreese Early' to 'Della Reese'.Musical career. Reese, circa 1961.Reese was discovered by the gospel singer, and her big break came when she won a contest, which gave her a week to sing at Detroit's well-known Flame Show Bar. Reese remained there for eight weeks. Although her roots were in, she now was being exposed to and influenced by such artists as,.

In 1953, she signed a recording contract with, for which she recorded six albums. Later that year, she also joined the Orchestra. Her first recordings for Jubilee were songs such as ' (originally published in 1937), ' and ' (1947).

The songs were later included on the album And That Reminds Me (1959).In 1957, Reese released a single called '. After years of performing, she gained chart success with this song. It became a Top Twenty pop hit and a million-seller record. That year, Reese was voted by, and various other magazines, as 'The Most Promising Singer'. In 1959, Reese moved to and released her first RCA single, called ', which was adapted from 's music for, specifically the aria ' (Musetta's Waltz). It became her biggest hit to date, reaching the number 2 spot on the pop charts and topping the charts (then called the 'Hot R&B Sides') that year. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a by the.

Eventually, the song came to be widely considered the of her early career. She then released a successful follow-up single called 'Not One Minute More' (number 16). She remained on the chart with 'And Now' (number 69). In 1960 she released ' (number 56) which was drawn from her Grammy-nominated album. The album rose in the pop album charts to number 35.In November 1960, Reese appeared in advertisements in magazine for the newly launched AMI Continental.

Reese recorded regularly throughout the 1960s, releasing singles and several albums. Two of the most significant were (1962) and Waltz with Me, Della (1963), which broadened her fan base internationally.

She recorded several jazz-focused albums, including Della Reese Live (1966), On Strings of Blue (1967) and One of a Kind (1978). She also performed in for nine years, and toured across the country. Reese continued to record albums in the following decades, receiving two more Grammy nominations in the gospel category for the album Della Reese and Brilliance (1991) and for the live recorded album, My Soul Feels Better Right Now (1999). Motown singer cites Reese as a major influence, and says she named her group after Van Dyke Street in Detroit and Della Reese.

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In 2017 she was inducted into the Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame.Television and film career. Reese appearing in a commercial, 1977.In 1969, Reese began a transition into acting work which would eventually lead to her highest profile.

Touched By An Angel

Her first attempt at television stardom was a talk show series, Della, which was cancelled after 197 episodes (June 9, 1969 – March 13, 1970). In 1970, Reese became the first black woman to guest host. She appeared in several TV movies and miniseries, was a regular on and played the mother of in episode 'Lease with an Option to Die'. In 1991, she starred opposite her old friend Redd Foxx in his final sitcom, but his death halted production of the series for several months. Reese also did for the late 1980s Hanna-Barbera animated series on ABC. In 1989, she starred alongside, and in the film, in which she performed a fight scene with Eddie Murphy.

Reese appeared as a panelist on several episodes of the television game show, and impersonated Reese on season 4 of in the ' of Love', a Match Game and parody.Television guest appearances Reese had a wide variety of guest-starring roles, beginning with an episode of. This led to other roles in such series as:, Getting Together, Joe Forrester, (with old friend Redd Foxx),. She featured in two episodes of, three episodes of, four episodes of (opposite ), (with best friend ), 's,. She also had a recurring role in It Takes Two opposite and.Touched by an Angel. This section does not any.

Unsourced material may be challenged and.Find sources: – ( November 2017) After coping with the death of one of her best friends, Redd Foxx, in 1991, she was reluctant to play an older female lead in the inspirational television drama, but went ahead and auditioned for the role of Tess. She wanted to have a one-shot agreement between and producer, but the network ordered more episodes. Reese was widely seen as a key component of the show's success. Already starring on Touched by an Angel was the lesser-known actress, who played the role of case worker Tess's angel/employee, Monica. In numerous interviews, there was an on- and off-screen chemistry between both Reese and Downey. The character of Tess was the angelic supervisor who sent the other angels out on missions to help people redeem their lives and show them God's love, while at the same time, she was sassy and had a no-nonsense attitude.

The show often featured a climactic monologue delivered by the angel Monica in which she reveals herself as an angel to a human with the words: 'I am an angel sent by God to tell you that He loves you.' The character of Tess was portrayed by Reese as down-to-earth, experienced and direct.

Reese also sang the show's theme song, 'Walk with You', and was featured prominently on the soundtrack album produced in conjunction with the show.During its first season in 1994, many critics were skeptical about the show, it being the second overtly religious prime-time fantasy series, after. The show had a rocky start, low ratings and was cancelled 11 episodes into the first season. However, with the help of a massive letter-writing campaign, the show was resuscitated the following season and became a huge ratings winner for the next seven seasons. At the beginning of the fourth season in 1997, Reese threatened to leave the show because she was making less than her co-stars; CBS ended up raising her salary.

In 2000, her health problems became obvious when she collapsed on the set and was hospitalized. Touched by an Angel was cancelled in 2003, but it continued re-running heavily in syndication and on (formerly PAX-TV), and later. Roma Downey said of her on- and off-screen relationship with Reese:She's very wise. She's very loving.

She can be a little gruff at times, but she's always adoring and adorable. I lost my mother when I was very young, and during my whole adolescence and into my twenties, I'd been looking for a mother figure, and I really think I can say with absolute truth and sincerity that I feel that I finally found her in Della Reese.Downey later also said:I think I'll just always remember the feel of her neck against my cheek when she hugs me and the love I know that she has for me and the love that I feel for her and the love that she has for God. To know Della is to know that she loves God. Personal life Reese was the godmother of 's daughter Reilly Marie. Reese officiated at the marriage ceremony of Downey and in the absence of Downey's late mother.Family Reese's mother, Nellie Mitchelle Early, died in 1949 of an. Reese's father, Richard Early, died ten years later. Reese had an adoptive daughter whom she acquired from a family member unable to care for her, named Delorese Daniels Owens, in 1961.

Owens died on March 14, 2002. She died from complications stemming from. Reese said of the experience, sharing her frustration with the lack of awareness and knowledge of pituitary disorders:When it happened, I thought, 'It's such an odd thing to die from,' because pituitary problems aren't something you hear about.

It makes it harder because you don't understand what happened. It seemed so strange and hard to explain. It still is, to be honest.

Marriages In 1952, Reese married factory worker Vermont Adolphus Bon Taliaferro, nineteen years her senior. She adopted the stage name Pat Ferro for a week, before introducing the stage name she used for the rest of her life—though sources differ as to whether this name change was after the failure of the marriage, or simply a show-business decision. A second marriage ceremony, on December 28, 1959, to accountant Leroy Basil Gray, who had two children by a previous marriage, was kept secret for some time. This marriage either ended in divorce or was annulled on the basis that Gray's previous divorce was invalid. In 1961, Reese was briefly married to bandleader (who was then her manager), before their union was annulled later that year due to Ellington's from his wife Evelyn Walker being ruled invalid. In 1983, she married Franklin Thomas Lett, Jr., a concert producer and writer.

Health In 1979, during taping for a guest spot on, Reese suffered a near-fatal brain, but made a full recovery after two surgeries by neurosurgeon at in. In 2016, shortly after her 85th birthday, Reese was said to be in poor health, and had undergone multiple surgeries. She further disclosed that she had neglected her health for years, which had contributed to her developing diabetes. After her last appearance in, she retired from acting. While Reese sometimes used a wheelchair, she avoided using one often, because it would make her condition worse. Ministry In the 1980s, Reese was ordained a through the Christian New Thought branch known as Unity after serving as the senior minister and founder of her own church, Understanding Principles for Better Living. The 'Up Church' is under, a denomination of Christian New Thought founded by Rev., a close friend of Rev.

In her ministerial work, she was known as the Rev. Della Reese Lett. Death Reese died on November 19, 2017, at her Los Angeles, California, home at the age of 86. No cause was given, although she had suffered from. Material loss On June 25, 2019, listed Reese among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the. Discography. Main article: Filmography Film YearTitleRoleNotes1975Mrs.

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