Daniella Spencer, who played Dee in the Seventies sitcom 'What's Happening,' is dead. The former actress was 60 years old.

Danielle Spencer, who played the precocious youngster Dee Thomas on the 1970s ABC sitcom What’s Happening!!, has died. She ...

Danielle Spencer, who played the wisecracking and tattling little sister Dee Thomas on the 1970s sitcom “What’s Happening!!” ...

Danielle Spencer, the actress best known for playing the quick-witted little sister Dee Thomas on the 1970s sitcom “What’s ...

Child star Danielle Spencer, who portrayed Dee Thomas on the 1970s comedy TV series “What’s Happening!!,” has died at 60, ...

She played a witty teenager on one of the first American television shows that centered on young Black people.

Pelt’s interview with TMZ revealed that Spencer was “talking and alert” while family was visiting her in the hospital this ...

Danielle Spencer, the former child star from the 1970s sitcom What’s Happening!! died, her co-star Haywood Nelson announced ...

Spencer became a veterinarian after retiring from acting in the late 1980s and later wrote a well-regarded memoir about her ...

On TV's "What's Happening!!" Danielle Spencer turned herself into a household name at just 11 years old, playing sassy and ...

The late ‘What’s Happening!!’ sitcom star died at the age of 60 in August 2025. Learn about her life, career and more here.