Danielle Spencer death: Child actor star of What’s Happening!! dies at age 60

Danielle Spencer was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2014. She died at 60 years old, it was announced Tuesday. - (ABC)

Danielle Spencer, who was most known for playing Dee Thomas, on the sitcom What’s Happening!! has died at 60 years old.

According to one of her co-stars, who spoke to The Hollywood Reporter, Spencer died Monday in a hospital in Richmond, Virginia. “She suffered for a very long time but did it with a great deal of courage,” Haywood Nelson told the publication.