US comedy actor Dustin Diamond, best known for
Saved by the Bell, has died, aged 44.
He died due to carcinoma on Monday morning in Florida, just three weeks after being hospitalised.
“In that time, it managed to spread rapidly throughout his system; the only mercy it exhibited was its sharp and swift execution,” his agent, Roger Paul, said in a statement. “Dustin did not suffer. He did not have to lie submerged in pain. For that, we are grateful.”
Diamond shot to fame as the loveable geek Samuel “Screech” Powers on
Saved by the Bell from 1989 – 1993, but he reprised the role for spin-offs