Star of Screen, Television, and Recording Artist Della Reese Dead At 86 — We Hold These Truths To Be Self-Evident

 

She was born Delloreese Patricia Early on July 6, 1931, in Detroit, Michigan. She began singing in church when she was 6-years old. By her teens, she was working as a singer in gospel luminary Mahalia Jackson’s unit. After graduating from Detroit’s Cass Technical High School, she briefly attended Wayne State University, but soon moved […]

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