Danielle Spencer, Child Star of What’s Happening!!, Dead at 60 After Cancer Battle | E! News

Danielle Spencer, Child Star of What’s Happening!!, Dead at 60 After Cancer Battle | E! News

Child star Dr. Danielle Spencer has died. The actress best known for playing D. Thomas on the ABC sitcom What’s Happening has died. She was 60 years old. She died on August 11th according to an Instagram post from her former What’s Happening co-star Haywood Nelson. He wrote in a heartfelt tribute on social media. Brilliance, it comes in a great many forms. We all have them and we all have this families. Dr. Danielle Spencer, June 24th, 1965 to August 11th, 2025. before adding, “Dr. D, our brilliant, loving, positive, pragmatic warrior, without fail, has finally found her release from the clutches of this world and a body. We celebrate Danielle Spencer and her contributions as we regret to inform her departure and transition from a long battle with cancer. Before continuing, we have lost a daughter, sister, family member, what’s happening cast member, veterinarian, animal rights proponent, and healer, and cancer heroine. Our superhero Danielle is loved. She will be missed in this form and forever embraced. Enus has reached out to her rep for comment but is not yet heard back. Spencer starred his little sister D. Thomas on what’s happening for three seasons from 1976 to 1979. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2014 and underwent a double mctomy. According to the Hollywood Reporter, she survived by her mother and brother. [Music]

Actor Danielle Spencer, known for her role in the ABC sitcom ‘What’s Happening!!,’ has died at 60 after battling cancer. Her co-star Haywood Nelson wrote on social media, “Dr. Dee, our brilliant, loving, positive, pragmatic warrior, without fail, has finally found her release from the clutches of this world and a body.”
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