Danielle Spencer Courtesy ABC/Photofest Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment Danielle Spencer, who played the precocious youngster Dee Thomas on the 1970s ABC sitcom What's Happening!!, has died. She was 60. Spencer died Monday in a hospital in Richmond, Virginia, her What's Happening!! so-star Haywood Nelson told The Hollywood Reporter.