Discover What’s Streaming On: Former child actress Danielle Spencer, best known for starring as Dee Thomas in the ABC sitcom What’s Happening!!, has passed away. She was 60 years old. Spencer’s ...

Costar Haywood Nelson publicly announced that Thomas died of cancer at age 60 on Monday, Aug. 11 Other What's Happening!! cast members and guest stars are remembering Spencer for her bright spirit ...

Danielle Spencer, beloved for her role in What’s Happening!!, has died at 60 after a long battle with cancer, her former co-star Haywood Nelson confirmed. Nelson paid tribute to her legacy as an ...

The original What’s Happening!! cast featured Ernest Lee Thomas as Raj Thomas, Haywood Nelson as Dwayne Nelson, Fred Berry as "Rerun" Stubbs, Mable King as “Mama” Thomas, Danielle Spencer as Dee ...

Danielle Spencer, the former child star who played sassy tattletale Dee Thomas on the 1970s sitcom “What’s Happening!!,” has died. She was 60. Spencer died Monday after she “lost her battle with ...

CIRCA 1977: Actress Danielle Spencer from the TV show ‘What’s Happening!!’ does her school work on her dressing room circa 1977 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images.

Most of the ‘What’s Happening!!’ cast paid tribute to Danielle Spencer after she died in 2025. Find out where the former co-stars are today. The What’s Happening!! cast has been through a lot since ...