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.