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 ...

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 ...

The actor, who grew up in the Bronx, later became a veterinarian. Her younger brother, jazz trumpeter Jeremy Pelt, announced on Instagram that she died of cancer. Pelt watched Spencer, 60, take her ...

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.