{"id":13176,"date":"2017-11-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/actress-and-singer-della-reese-has-passed-away\/"},"modified":"2017-11-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T00:00:00","slug":"actress-and-singer-della-reese-has-passed-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/actress-and-singer-della-reese-has-passed-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Actress and singer, Della Reese has died"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pop and jazz singer turned actress, Della Reese died at her home in Encino, California on Sunday night (local time) at the age of 86,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2017\/tv\/news\/della-reese-touched-by-an-angel-star-and-rb-singer-dies-at-86-1202619311\/\" style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><em>Variety<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;reports.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Touched by an Angel<\/em> star\u2019s manager, Lynda Bensky confirmed Reese\u2019s passing, however, she has not shared the cause of death, only referencing that the late performer lived with diabetes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Roma Downey, who worked alongside Reese shared a statement on the loss:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cShe was an incredible wife, mother, grandmother, friend, and pastor, as well as an award-winning actress and singer. Through her life and <\/em><em>work<\/em><em> she touched and inspired the lives of millions of people.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cShe was a mother to me and I had the privilege of working with her side by side for so many years on \u2018Touched by an Angel.\u2019 I know heaven has a brand new angel this day. Della Reese will be forever in our hearts.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Reese is survived by her husband Franklin Lett.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Image: Cliff Lipson\/CBS Photo Archive\/Getty Images<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pop and jazz singer turned actress, Della Reese died at her home in Encino, California on Sunday night (local time) at the age of 86,&nbsp;Variety&nbsp;reports.&nbsp; The Touched by an Angel star\u2019s manager, Lynda Bensky confirmed Reese\u2019s passing, however, she has not shared the cause of death, only referencing that the late performer lived with diabetes.&nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":7591,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-13176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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