Danielle Spencer, who played little sister Dee on ‘What’s Happening!!,’ dies at 60

Danielle Spencer, who played the wisecracking and tattling little sister Dee Thomas on the 1970s sitcom What’s Happening!! has died at 60.

Spencer, who became a veterinarian later in life, died Monday at a hospital in Richmond, Va., after a years-long 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.

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

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The show, set in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Wa