Della Reese, best known as the boss of a band of earth-bound divine messengers on the 1990s TV series Touched By an Angel who began her career decades earlier in recording studios and supper clubs as an earthy pop singer, died on Nov. 19. She was 86.
Reese's deep and often rousing gospel-fueled voice was powerful and rested somewhere between the styles o…
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