Danielle Spencer, who was most known for playing Dee Thomas, on the sitcom What’s Happening!! has died aged 60. According to one of her co-stars, who spoke to The Hollywood Reporter, Spencer died on 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. Spencer was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a double mastectomy in 2014. Four years later, she underwent emergency brain surgery to remove a bleeding hematoma that was left undiscovered from a car accident back in 1976. The devastating incident happened during What’s Happening’s second season and left her stepfather Tim Pelt dead and left Spencer in a coma for several weeks. At the time, she underwent six months of physical therapy after the crash that left her with a broken arm, leg and pelvis. She underwent six months of physical therapy after the crash that left her with a broken arm, leg and pelvis
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