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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Danielle Spencer, who played the wisecracking and tattling little sister Dee Thomas on the 1970s sitcom “What’s Happening!!” has died.

Spencer died Monday at age 60 after a yearslong battle with cancer, family spokesperson Sandra Jones said.

As Dee, Spencer was the smarter, more serious younger sister who offered a steady stream of deadpan roasts of big brother Roger “Raj” Thomas and his friends Dwayne Nelson and Freddie “Rerun” Stubbs.

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“Ooh, I’m gonna tell mama,” would become Dee’s catchphrase.

The show, set in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts and amon

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