It's easy to forget, but it wasn't so long ago that television was almost exclusively white, with most sitcoms and TV shows using Black actors only in supporting roles. That would change throughout ...

Danielle Spencer, the former child star best known for her role in “What’s Happening!!,” has died following a lengthy cancer battle. She was 60. Spencer’s death was announced by her co-star Haywood ...

Jonathan Joss and Terence Stamp were also noticeably absent from the tribute, which honored TV stars we've lost in the past year.

Almost 50 years after its debut, What’s Happening!! remains one of the most culturally significant sitcoms of the 1970s. The death of cast member Danielle Spencer (Dee) has shed new light on the ...

Former child star Danielle Spencer, who became a household name playing Dee Thomas on the ABC sitcom What’s Happening, died on Aug. 11. Spencer's friend and costar Haywood Nelson announced the news in ...

The Bronx native landed the role of Dee at age 11 and her family relocated to Los Angeles. During the second season of What’s Happening!!, Spencer lost her stepfather in a horrific car accident en ...