Danielle Spencer died at 60. The actress was best known for playing little sister Wisecracking and Tattming Dee Thomas in the 1970s sitcom `What It’s Happens !! ” Spencer died on Monday (August 11) after a one -year battle against cancer. The spokesperson Sandra Jones confirmed the news, by the Associated Press.

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Traumatic health history of Spencer

In the production of the first season of `What’s Teots !!, Spencer was in a large car accident on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California. She was 12 years old and the accident left her in a coma for three weeks and killed her stepfather, Tim Pelt. For years later, she had to undergo several surgeries due to vertebral and neurological problems.

In 2014, she received a diagnosis of breast cancer and had a double mastectomy. In addition, in 2018, she underwent an emergency surgery for a bleeding hematoma, which stems from her 1977 car accident. Immediately afterwards, a family spokesman said Danielle Spencer could only speak slightly and had to use crutches to walk. She had suffered from at least 2004 symptoms, when she had to use a wheelchair and relearn how to walk.

Danielle Spencer will forever be to fans

As a Dee, Spencer was the smarter and more serious younger sister who offered a constant flow of impassive roas. His victims of choice? Big brother Roger ‘Raj’ Thomas and his friends Dwayne Nelson and Freddie ‘Rerun’ Stubbs. “Ooh, I’ll tell mom,” would become Dee’s slogan.

The show took place in Watts, a Los Angeles district. It was among the first on television to focus on the life of black adolescents. ‘What’s going on !!’ was based on the film “Cooley High” and ran on ABC from 1976 to 1979. He had a long heritage thanks to his memorable characters. Geeky Raj, the spectrum of slogans Spouting Dwayne, the dancing phenomenon with red beak, and dee with his eyes and his icy gaze were on this list. Danielle Spencer also appeared to be again on a restart of the mid -1980s of the show, “What It’s Gearning Now !!”, which lasted three seasons.

Haywood NelsonWho played Dwayne, also confirmed Danielle’s death in an Instagram post on August 12. He started his legend by recognizing his “brilliance”.

“Dr. Dee, our brilliant, loving, positive and pragmatic, without fault, finally found his release from the claws of this world and a body. We celebrate Danielle Spencer and her contributions when we regret informing her of her departure and the transition of a long battle with cancer. Love.

What happened after his time on the television series

In his young adult, Spencer frequented the University of California, Davis and UCLA. She obtained a doctorate in veterinary medicine from Tuskegee University in 1993 and became an animal veterinarian and defender. Danielle continued to play the game, including an appearance as a veterinarian in Jack Nicholson’s film in 1997 “as good as he gets”.

RIP Danielle Spencer!

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The writer Associated Press Entertainment Andrew Dalton contributed to this report.