Mark Kennedy
This image released by NBC shows actor Dustin Diamond as Samuel Powers, better known as Screech from the 1990 s series Saved by the Bell. Diamond died Monday after a three-week fight with carcinoma, according to his representative. He was 44. Diamond was hospitalized last month in Florida and his team disclosed later he had cancer.
Image Credit: (Paul Drinkwater/NBCU Photo Bank via AP) February 01, 2021 - 2:05 PM “Saved by the Bell” star Dustin Diamond died Monday after a three-week fight with cancer, according to his representative. He was 44. “Dustin did not suffer. He did not have to lie submerged in pain. For that, we are grateful,” the actor’s spokesman, Roger Paul, said in a statement.
“Saved by the Bell” star Dustin Diamond died Monday after a three-week fight with cancer, according to his representative. He was 44.
“Dustin did not suffer. He did not have to lie submerged in pain. For that, we are grateful,” the actor’s spokesman, Roger Paul, said in a statement.
Diamond, best known for playing the quirky, nerdy Screech on the hit ’90s sitcom, was hospitalized last month in Florida and his team disclosed later that he had cancer. Diamond had carcinoma.
Former co-star Mario Lopez took to Twitter to say farewell: “Dustin, you will be missed, my man. The fragility of this life is something never to be taken for granted.” Another co-star, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, called Diamond “a true comedic genius,” adding “I will miss those raw, brilliant sparks that only he was able to produce.”
Mark Kennedy
This image released by NBC shows actor Dustin Diamond as Samuel Powers, better known as Screech from the 1990 s series Saved by the Bell. Diamond died Monday after a three-week fight with carcinoma, according to his representative. He was 44. Diamond was hospitalized last month in Florida and his team disclosed later he had cancer. (Paul Drinkwater/NBCU Photo Bank via AP) February 01, 2021 - 2:02 PM
âSaved by the Bellâ star Dustin Diamond died Monday after a three-week fight with cancer, according to his representative. He was 44.
âDustin did not suffer. He did not have to lie submerged in pain. For that, we are grateful,â the actorâs spokesman, Roger Paul, said in a statement.