Danielle Spencer, who rose to fame as a child actor, has died. Spencer, a Trenton native, played the hilarious young Dee Thomas in the ABC comedy series “ What’s Happening!! ” The actor, who grew up in the Bronx, later became a veterinarian.

Danielle Spencer, who played the wisecracking and tattling little sister Dee Thomas on the 1970s sitcom “What's Happening!!” has died at 60. Spencer, who became a veterinarian later in life, died Monday at a hospital in Richmond,

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!