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July 6, 1931 — Jazz/gospel singer & actress Della Reese was born in Detroit, Michigan.

Della Reese was the First Black Woman to Host a Talk Show known as "Della!" in 1969. Shortly after, In 1970, she became the first black woman to guest host The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

—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.

Della Reese was born Delloreese Patricia Early, in the historic Black Bottom neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan.

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 Mahalia Jackson's gospel group. Reese entered Detroit's Cass Technical High School (where she attended the same year as Edna Rae Gillooly, later known as Ellen Burstyn). 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 Meditation Singers.

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.

In 1970, Reese became the first black woman to guest host The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. She appeared in several TV movies and miniseries, was a regular on Chico and the Man and played the mother of B. A. Baracus in The A-Team episode "Lease with an Option to Die". In 1991, she starred opposite her old friend Redd Foxx in his final sitcom, The Royal Family, but his death halted production of the series for several months. Reese also did voice-over for the late 1980s Hanna-Barbera animated series A Pup Named Scooby-Doo on ABC. Reese achieved continued success in the religious television drama Touched by an Angel (1994–2003), in which she played the leading role of Tess.

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).

AWARDS

▪1994: Hollywood Walk of Fame: 7060 Hollywood Boulevard—Television

▪1996: Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series—Touched by an Angel

▪1997: Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series—Touched by an Angel

▪1998: Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series—Touched by an Angel

▪1999: Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series—Touched by an Angel

▪2000: Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series—Touched by an Angel

▪2001: Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series—Touched by an Angel

▪2002: Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series—Touched by an Angel

▪2015: Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars

▪2017: Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame Award

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Tisha Campbell and Tichina Arnold

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@akr001a Michael Jackson

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And what makes it crazy she has a gash on her head that's open and don't know how she got it come to find out she fell off the porch and hit the glass that's on the ground that don't even know how she got it cuz she have a crack 😂

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Every time this Tim has company they always be disrespected in the tenants here this girl came in the house smelling like crack & liquor got nerve that said the tenants stinking no bih that's your mother fucking breath that's your ass

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I'm so sick of these loud ghetto ass people in this house you're not supposed to have company after 8: 00pm and it's going on 11:00pm now people really don't respect the rules

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@BlackMediaHub Ashford & Simpson's music was always played in my home when I was a little girl my mother has all their albums

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At 22, Nick Ashford was homeless and sleeping on a bench in Bryant Park with only $57 to his name. Just two years later, he wrote “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” and became one of the greatest songwriters in Motown history.

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Janet Hubert, Lynn Whitfield, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Kimberly Russell (1991)

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@CLG98264897 Your number one in my book and Love overboard and midnight train to Georgia

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@AfricanArchives Della Reese was a trailblazer in the industry! ❤️🧡💛💚💙🤎💜🩷

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[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Della Reese was the First Black Woman to Host a Talk Show known as "Della!" in 1969. Shortly after, In 1970, she became the first black woman to guest host The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

—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.

Della Reese was born Delloreese Patricia Early, in the historic Black Bottom neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan.

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 Mahalia Jackson's gospel group. Reese entered Detroit's Cass Technical High School (where she attended the same year as Edna Rae Gillooly, later known as Ellen Burstyn). 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 Meditation Singers.

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.

In 1970, Reese became the first black woman to guest host The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. She appeared in several TV movies and miniseries, was a regular on Chico and the Man and played the mother of B. A. Baracus in The A-Team episode "Lease with an Option to Die". In 1991, she starred opposite her old friend Redd Foxx in his final sitcom, The Royal Family, but his death halted production of the series for several months. Reese also did voice-over for the late 1980s Hanna-Barbera animated series A Pup Named Scooby-Doo on ABC. Reese achieved continued success in the religious television drama Touched by an Angel (1994–2003), in which she played the leading role of Tess.

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).

AWARDS

▪1994: Hollywood Walk of Fame: 7060 Hollywood Boulevard—Television

▪1996: Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series—Touched by an Angel

▪1997: Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series—Touched by an Angel

▪1998: Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series—Touched by an Angel

▪1999: Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series—Touched by an Angel

▪2000: Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series—Touched by an Angel

▪2001: Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series—Touched by an Angel

▪2002: Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series—Touched by an Angel

▪2015: Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars

▪2017: Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame Award

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One of my fav Selena pics📸🤎

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Young man who played a young blind "RAY CHARLES" is 29 years old now CJ Sanders.

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