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Danielle Spencer Dead At 60: Tributes Pour In For ‘What’s Happening!!’ Child Star—Latest Updates

August 12, 2025
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Danielle Spencer Dead At 60: Tributes Pour In For ‘What’s Happening!!’ Child Star—Latest Updates
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Danielle Spencer, beloved for her role as Dee Thomas on the hit 1970s sitcom What’s Happening!!, has died at age 60. Spencer’s death was confirmed by former co-star Haywood Nelson, who praised her enduring strength and spirit.

What to Know:

  • Spencer died on August 11 after a long battle with cancer; however, the cause of death has not been publicly announced.
  • She rose to fame playing Dee Thomas from 1976 to 1979 and returned for What’s Happening Now!! in the 1980s.
  • In 1977, she survived a car crash that killed her stepfather and left her in a coma for three weeks.
  • She earned a veterinary medicine degree from Tuskegee University in 1993 and practiced for decades.
  • Spencer was inducted into the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture—the first child star to receive the honor.
  • She faced multiple health challenges, including spinal stenosis, breast cancer, and a brain bleed linked to her earlier accident.

Stay with Newsweek for the latest.


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“Brilliance! It comes in a great many forms. We all have them, and we all have this family’s — Dr. Danielle Spencer (June 24, 1965 – August 11, 2025),” Haywood Nelson, one of Spencer’s co-stars, said in an Instagram post today.

“Dr. Dee, our brilliant, loving, positive, pragmatic warrior, without fail, has finally found her release from the clutches of this world and a body,” he added. “We celebrate Danielle Spencer and her contributions as we regret to inform her departure and transition from a long battle with cancer.”

“We have lost a daughter, sister, family member, What’s Happening!! cast member, veterinarian, animal rights proponent and healer, and cancer heroine. Our Shero. Danielle is loved. She will be missed in this form and forever embraced.”

The post Danielle Spencer Dead At 60: Tributes Pour In For ‘What’s Happening!!’ Child Star—Latest Updates appeared first on Newsweek.

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