Danielle Spencer, the actress who played Raj’s sarcastic little sister Deadra “Dee” Thomas on What’s Happening!!, died Monday. She was 60 years old. The news was posted by her former What’s Happening!

What’s Happening!! was a sitcom loosely based on the film Cooley High, following a group of teens working and living in Watts, an L.A. neighborhood. It was Bud Yorkin’s second series after he split ...

What’s Happening!! was one of the most beloved sitcoms of the 1970s. Featuring a core cast of six actors, the popular ABC sitcom focused on a group of Black teens living in Los Angeles. The series ...

Danielle Spencer, the child actress beloved by a generation for the role of Dee Thomas in the sitcom “What’s Happening!!” died Monday. She was 60. Spencer died following a yearslong battle with breast ...

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, who played charming little sister Dee in the Seventies sitcom What’s Happening!!, died on Aug. 11. The former child actress who later pursued a career in veterinary care was 60.

Danielle Spencer, the actress who played Raj's sarcastic little sister Deadra "Dee" Thomas on What's Happening!!, died Monday. She was 60 years old. The news was posted by her former What's Happening!