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Dustin Diamond as Screech in Saved By The Bell
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The bell has rung for Screech one last time. To a generation who grew up during the Nineties, actor Dustin Diamond will forever be Samuel Screech Powers from hit US high school sitcom Saved By The Bell, a fixture of Saturday morning TV. That same generation will have been saddened by news that Diamond - whose adult life proved eventful, even by Hollywood child star standards - has died from cancer, aged just 44.
Saved By The Bell followed a group of pupils at the fictional Bayside High School in suburban California. As the endearingly awkward sidekick to popular school heartthrob Zack Morris (Mark-Paul Gosselaar), this curly-haired nerd was the show’s scene-stealing comic relief. Screech became an instant fan favourite.
Dustin Diamond dead: Saved By The Bell star dies at 44 after relentless cancer battle
Actor Dustin Diamond has died after battling stage four cancer. The US star was best known for his role as Screech on Saved By The Bell
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Saved By The Bell s Dustin Diamond Dies At 44
The actor lost his battle with stage 4 lung cancer.
TMZ. It was recently revealed in mid-January that Diamond had been
diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. At that time, he was taken to a Florida hospital a few days after reportedly feeling unwell.
Diamond came to fame with his role of Samuel Screech Powers on Saved by the Bell the role of best friend and sidekick to the show s main character and offered comic relief as a kind-hearted geek. The actor s declining health was likely a reason for Screech not having a presence in the recent
Dustin Diamond in Saved by the Bell – The College Years. His representative said: ‘Dustin did not suffer. He did not have to lie submerged in pain. For that, we are grateful.’ Photograph: NBCUniversal/Getty Images
Actor Dustin Diamond, best known for playing Screech on high school sitcom Saved by the Bell, has died at the age of 44.
Diamond had been diagnosed last month with stage 4 small cell carcinoma, or lung cancer, and been in treatment ever since. His representative Roger Paul confirmed the news of his death.
“Dustin did not suffer. He did not have to lie submerged in pain. For that, we are grateful,” Paul said in a statement.