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

By Dennis Broad, NBC Los Angeles and Jonathan Lloyd, Child star Danielle Spencer, who portrayed Dee Thomas on the 1970s comedy TV series “What’s Happening!!,” has died at 60, according to former co-star and friend Haywood Nelson. In an Instagram post, Nelson said Spencer died Monday in Virginia. Family spokesperson Sandra Jones confirmed to the Associated Press that Spencer died after a yearslong battle with cancer. “Dr. Dee, our brilliant, loving, positive, pragmatic warrior, without fail, has finally found her release from the clutches of this world and a body,” Nelson said in his Instagram post. “We celebrate Danielle Spencer and her contributions as

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