Fans are in mourning following the news that actress Danielle Spencer, best known for her role as Dee Thomas on the 1970s sitcom “What’s Happening!!” passed away on Aug. 12.

The former child star succumbed to a years-long battle with cancer at a Richmond, Virginia, hospital. She was 60.

Spencer had been battling for weeks in a Virginia hospital since her Aug. 1 admission, her mother, Cheryl Pelt, told TMZ. Surrounded by family, she was last alert and speaking on Sunday, Aug. 10, despite battling three separate illnesses.

According to her mother, Spencer was unable to eat hard foods or even get nutrients through tube feeding after turning septic from a urinary tract infection.

Pelt said her daughter went into “code blue” and became unresponsive. Medical staff attempted to revive her, ev

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