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Delloreese Patricia Early
Also Known As:	"Delorees", "Delores", "Della"
Birthdate:	July 06, 1931
Birthplace:	Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States
Death:	November 19, 2017 (86) Encino, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States
Immediate Family:	Daughter of Richard Thaddeus Early and Nellie Early Wife of Mercer Kennedy Ellington and Private Ex-wife of Vermont Taliaferro and Private Mother of Deloreese Daniels Owens; Private; Private and Private
Occupation:	Actress

Last Updated:	April 26, 2022

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Della Reese, born Delloreese Patricia Early, 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?". 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 Redd Foxx in Harlem Nights (1989), Martin Lawrence in A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996), and Elliott Gould in Expecting Mary (2010). Reese achieved continued success in the religious television drama Touched by an Angel (1994–2003), in which she played the leading role of Tess. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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1931	July 6, 1931	Birth of Della Reese Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States
1959	November 20, 1959	Birth of Deloreese Daniels Owens
2017	November 19, 2017 Age 86	Death of Della Reese at Encino Encino, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States

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