The singer and actress was 86 years old. — -- Della Reese, best known recently for her role as Tess on the hit TV series "Touched by an Angel," died Sunday, her family confirmed for ABC News ...

Della Reese, the actress and gospel-influenced singer who in middle age found her greatest fame as Tess, the wise angel in the long-running television drama "Touched by an Angel," has died at age 86.

LOS ANGELES — Della Reese, the actress and gospel-influenced singer who in middle age found her greatest fame as Tess, the wise angel in the long-running television drama "Touched by an Angel ...

Della Reese enjoyed a career that spanned the 1950s and well into the 2000s, covering over 60 decades in a variety of roles, including some legendary lines in the classic film Harlem Nights. After ...

Della Reese, the actress and gospel-influenced singer who in middle age found her greatest fame as Tess, the wise angel in the long-running television drama "Touched by an Angel," has died at age 86.

*Sadly we must report the death of an entertainment legend. The incomparable Della Reese has died at age 86. Reese, an actress and gospel-influenced singer who in middle age found her greatest ...

Della Reese, who started as a gospel singer for Mahalia Jackson when she was only 13 and rose to television fame in her 60s as Tess on CBS’ "Touched by an Angel," died Sunday evening.

Della Reese, who rose to fame as a jazz singer and later found television stardom on the drama “Touched by an Angel,” has died. She was 86. “On behalf of her husband, Franklin Lett, and all ...

Della Reese, the actress who found her greatest fame as Tess, the wise angel in the long-running television drama "Touched by an Angel," has died at age 86.

Della Reese, the actress and gospel-influenced singer who in middle age found her greatest fame as Tess, the wise angel in the long-running television drama “Touched by an Angel,” has died at ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Della Reese, the actress and gospel-influenced singer who in middle age found her greatest fame as Tess, the wise angel in the long-running television drama "Touched by an ...