Trigger Warning: This article contains references to a person’s death.
Daniel Spencer, which is the 1970s Setcom What Happing !! Knowed to play the role of D Thomas, he has died at the age of 60. According to family spokesperson Sandra Jones, Spencer died on Monday, August 11, 2025 after a one -year fight with cancer in a richmond, virginia, hospital.
According to ABC News, Spencer D Thomas became a domestic name, funny and clever sister, who often gave his elder brother, Roger ‘Raj’ Thomas and his friends Dwayne Nelson and Freddy ‘Rarun’ Stabs Deadpan Rost. Her catchfrages, “Ooh, I Am Gona Gona Maam,” became distinguished.
The show, which aired on ABC from 1976 to 1979, was one of the first television series to focus on the life of Black Teenagers in Watts Neberhood of Los Angeles and was inspired by the 1975 film Koili High.
Here is how Daniel Spencer has crossed the challenges of life
Trenton, born in New Jersey, and grew up in New York, the Spencer started acting at the age of nine. What is happening!! His first credit was role. At the beginning of the first season of the show, the then -12 -year -old Spencer was involved in a serious car accident on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California. The accident left him in a three -week coma and killed his stepfather, Tim Pelt. He experienced long -term spinal and neurological problems, requiring several surgery over the years.
Despite his health conflicts, Spencer pursued a career in education and veterinary. She participated in the University of California, Davis and UCLA in 1993 before he did her doctorate in Veterinary. The Spencer became a veterinarian and a lawyer for animal rights, while sometimes returning to acting, including a role as a veterinarian in the 1997 Jack Nicolson film, as it becomes good.
Tribute to co-stars and heritage
Hewood Nelson, who played the role of Dwayne, what is happening !!, paid tribute to Instagram, called Spencer “Dr. D, our brilliant, love, positive, practical warrior”. He said, “We have lost a daughter, sister, family member, ‘What is happening’ cast members, veterinarians, animal rights proposals and healer, and cancer heroine. Our Shero. Daniel has love.”
Spencer also appeared in the reboot of the 1980s, what is happening now !!, which lasted for three sessions. She survived a hemorrhagic hematoma in 2018, which was associated with her 1977 car accident, and managing mobility issues since at least 2004. In 2014, she passed through a double mastectomy after a breast cancer diagnosis.
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