Former child star Danielle Spencer has died at age 60 following a battle with breast cancer.
Spencer’s friend and former What’s Happening!! costar Haywood Nelson shared the news in an Instagram post on Tuesday, August 12.
“Brilliance! It comes in a great many forms. We all have them and we all have this family’s — Dr. Danielle Spencer (June 24, 1965 – August 11, 2025),” Nelson’s caption read. “Dr. Dee, our brilliant, loving, positive, pragmatic warrior, without fail, has finally found her release from the clutches of this world and a body.”
The post continued, “We celebrate Danielle Spencer an...
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