How Much is Della Reese Worth? Della Reese's Assets & Salary & Career Highlights Net Worth 2026: Career Earnings & Assets

As one of the most talked-about figures, Della Reese has built a significant fortune. Our team analyzed the latest data to provide a clear picture of their income.

What was Della Reese's Net Worth?

For over 30 years Della lived in a mansion in LA's Bel-Air neighborhood. When she first purchased the home it was just under 6,000 square feet. She expanded it to 9,000 square feet and lengthened the pool to be nearly "Olympic" sized.  In 2014 they sold the home to a developer for $7.5 million. The developer proceeded to tear the former home down and build an 11,000 square foot mansion on the site. He sold the home in 2017 to a Chinese billionaire for $19.25 million.

Della Reese was a singer, actress, and ordained minister who had a net worth of $8 million at the time of her death in 2017. Della Reese's career spanned seven decades. After kicking off her career as a recording artist in the 1950s with such hit songs as "And That Reminds Me" and "Don't You Know?," she transitioned to television and hosted her own eponymous talk show. Reese also acted in some films, including "Harlem Nights" and "Expecting Mary," and played the main role of Tess on the popular CBS television series "Touched by an Angel."

Reese continued her success with such singles as "Not One Minute More," "And Now," and "Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)." The lattermost recording was included on her Grammy-nominated 1960 album "Della." Reese went on to release many more albums throughout the decade, notably "The Classic Della" and "Waltz with Me, Della," which gained her international recognition. She also recorded several jazz-oriented albums, performed in Las Vegas, and toured the country. Later, in 1986, Reese formed the gospel group Brilliance with Mary Clayton, Vermettya Royster, Eric Strom, and O.C. Smith.

After selling this home Della bought a home in Encino, California for $1.79 million . After her death, this home was put on the market for $1.9 million.

Della Reese was born as Delloreese Early on July 6, 1931 in the historic Black Bottom neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan. Her parents were Nellie, a cook, and Richard, a steelworker. Although Reese's mother had several other children before Reese was born, none of them lived with her mother. When she was six years old, Reese started singing in church, and as an adolescent she started directing the young people's choir. Often chosen to sing on the radio, she also was hired to sing with the gospel group ofMahalia Jackson. While touring with Jackson, Reese attended Cass Technical High School, graduating in 1947 as the first in her family to earn a high school degree. She went on to attend Wayne State University. However, due in part to the death of her mother and the deteriorating health of her father, Reese dropped out of school to support her family. She took a number of odd jobs to help, including truck driver and elevator operator.

Reese began her music career touring with Mahalia Jackson's gospel group in the 1940s. She got her big break when she won a contest and got to perform for eight weeks at Detroit's famous Flame Show Bar. Reese also performed with a gospel group called the Meditation Singers. In 1953, she left the group to sign with Jubilee Records, for which she recorded such songs as "In the Still of the Night," "Time After Time," and "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm." Reese achieved her first chart success in 1957 with her single "And That Reminds Me," and in 1959 scored her biggest hit with the single "Don't You Know?"

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