'What's Happening!!' actress Danielle Spencer is dead at age 60 : NPR | NYGazet

A family spokesperson said Spencer died Monday after battling cancer for several years. As Dee, she was a deadpan, wisecracking sister on What's Happening!! Spencer later became a veterinarian.

Danielle Spencer, who played little sister Dee on 'What's Happening!!,' dies at 60 toggle caption Nick Ut/AP Danielle Spencer, who played the wisecracking and tattling little sister Dee Thomas on the 1970s sitcom What's Happening!! has died at 60. Sp... [2892 chars]