Danielle Spencer Biography

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Danielle Spencer : KEY FACTS

Birthday

Jun 24, 1965

Profession

Actress, Singer-songwriter

Birth Place

New Jersey, United States

Age

60 Years Old

Danielle Spencer is a famous American Actress, Singer-songwriter, who was born on Jun 24, 1965 in New Jersey, United States. Find Danielle Spencer age, husband, net worth, height, weight, education, career, family, images, biography & more updates. Get information about Danielle Spencer’s all key achievements or accomplishments, including professional and personal life detail.

Personal Profile About Danielle Spencer

Danielle Louise Spencer was an American actress and veterinarian. She played Dee Thomas on the ABC sitcom What’s Happening!! and its sequel What’s Happening Now!!. The Danielle Spencer biography shows how she achieved so much in acting, science, and resilience through personal and health challenges, including a serious car accident in 1977 that affected her for years.

A Life Remembered

Danielle Spencer death date is August 11, 2025. She died at Chippenham Hospital in Richmond, Virginia. On Danielle Spencer death, her co-stars and fans shared condolences on social media.

The Cause Behind the Loss

Danielle Spencer cause of death was stomach cancer. She had previously been diagnosed with breast cancer in 2014 and underwent emergency surgery in 2018 to relieve bleeding in her brain. She was resilient in facing these challenges, but a long battle with multiple diseases became Danielle Spencer cause of death.

Family Life and Support

Danielle Spencer children are not publicly known. It is possible that she does not have any children. If Danielle Spencer children exist, they may have chosen to keep their lives private to avoid media attention.

Marriage and Companionship

Spencer was married twice. The first Danielle Spencer husband was Garry Sheldon Fields, a marketing manager and her publicist and manager, in Marina Del Rey, California, in 1999. Fields is an American economist, serving as the John P. Windmuller Professor of International and Comparative Labor and Professor of Economics at Cornell University. They divorced in 2013.

In 2014, she married David L. David. The second Danielle Spencer husband was an entrepreneur from New Jersey, introduced to her by her What’s Happening!! co-star Ernest Lee Thomas.

Years on Earth

Born on June 24, 1965, Danielle Spencer age was 60 years old at the time of her death. She grew up in New York City with her mother, Cheryl Pelt, and stepfather, Tim Pelt. Spencer started acting at age seven. She landed her breakthrough role when Danielle Spencer age was 11 and later earned a bachelor’s degree in marine biology from UCLA before completing her veterinary doctorate at Tuskegee University.