‘What’s Occurring!!’ Star
Danielle Spencer Useless at 60
Revealed
Danielle Spencer — well-known for enjoying Dee Thomas on the hit ’70s sitcom “What’s Occurring!!” — has died at 60 following problems from most cancers, TMZ has realized.
Her longtime good friend and former costar Haywood Nelson — AKA Dwayne from the sitcom — tells TMZ Danielle handed away Monday night time in a Richmond, Virginia hospital … together with her mother Cheryl and her jazz musician brother Jeremy Pelt by her facet.
Haywood says he was in Dallas when he bought the heartbreaking name — telling us he all the time noticed Danielle as his little sis. The 2 final spoke simply two weeks in the past on the telephone, and he says she sounded upbeat on the time.
Haywood provides Danielle had beforehand been in a automobile accident — and was in a wheelchair.
He honored Danielle on IG Tuesday, saying her battle had taken a heavy toll — however she’s “lastly discovered her launch from the clutches of this world and a physique.”
“What’s Occurring!!” ran on ABC from ’76 to ’79, with Danielle reprising her iconic function within the ’80s spin-off ‘What’s Occurring Now!!” … earlier than leaving Hollywood within the ’90s to change into a veterinarian.
She was 60.
RIP
