Dr. Spencer played the wisecracking Dee Thomas on the 1970s sitcom “What’s Happening!!” and became a veterinarian later in life.

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!

Pelt watched Spencer, 60, take her last breath. “August 11, 2025 will forever be a reminder of the day that I lost a big part of myself,” he said. “After many years, my big sister, Dr. Danielle Louise Spencer lost her battle with cancer.