‘What’s Happening!!’ star Danielle Spencer dies at 60
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.
