At the time, What’s Happening!! was only one of a handful of shows, along with Good Times, The Jeffersons, and Sanford and ...

Most of the ‘What’s Happening!!’ cast paid tribute to Danielle Spencer after she died in 2025. Find out where the former ...

Danielle Spencer — the beloved actress who played “Dee” on the classic sitcom What’s Happening!! — has passed away at age 59, ...

Child star Danielle Spencer, who portrayed Dee Thomas on the 1970s comedy TV series “What’s Happening!!,” has died at 60, ...

ABC’s What Happening!! It was both entertaining and groundbreaking. It impressed viewers with its storyline, which focused on the lives of African-American teenagers, a first in the late 1970s.

What’s Happening!! ruled the sitcom genre in the seventies with its raw take on the lives of African-American teenagers coming from a working-class background.

Danielle Spencer, child star of "What's Happening!!" has died at 60 after a battle with cancer, though an official cause of ...

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 ...

Danielle Spencer, the actress best known for playing the quick-witted little sister Dee Thomas on the 1970s sitcom “What’s ...