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Dustin Diamond‘s close friend has revealed he may only have weeks to live given his stage four cancer diagnosis, and has revealed his final wishes in life.
“We do not have any specific timelines, but we know that Dustin needs a miracle to overcome the small cell carcinoma he’s been diagnosed with,” the 44-year-old actor’s close friend
Dan Block told The Sun. “He was told weeks to 5 months is the average but a small percentage of people have lived one to two years with it being stage 4.”
“We are hoping that he is one of the people to outlive the odds and that we get as much time with him as possible,”
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Feb 1, 2021 3:00 PM Dustin Diamond had hoped to meet Tool bassist Justin Chancellor before passing away, his friend Dan Block told U.K. tabloid According to Block, one of Diamond s dying wishes was for the ability to talk to Justin Chancellor about music. Dustin was learning to play several Tool songs and wanted to start a Tool tribute band, Block explained. He would play the song and play along with his bass while watching YouTube videos. Sadly, The Sun s article went up just hours before news broke that Diamond, who played the character Screech on
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Feb 1, 2021 4:00 PM Dustin Diamond had hoped to meet Tool bassist Justin Chancellor before passing away, his friend Dan Block told U.K. tabloid According to Block, one of Diamond s dying wishes was for the ability to talk to Justin Chancellor about music. Dustin was learning to play several Tool songs and wanted to start a Tool tribute band, Block explained. He would play the song and play along with his bass while watching YouTube videos. Sadly, The Sun s article went up just hours before news broke that Diamond, who played the character Screech on
Dustin Diamond died on Monday aged 44 just three weeks after being diagnosed with stage four cancer
Diamond, best known for playing Screech in Saved by the Bell, was diagnosed with carcinoma cancer after being hospitalized in Florida last month
His condition is believed to have deteriorated rapidly in the last week after going through his initial rounds of chemotherapy
Former co-stars Mario Lopez and Tiffani Thiessen were among those to pay tribute to the actor in the wake of his death
After Saved by the Bell ended in 2000, Diamond s career floundered and he later appeared on reality shows like Celebrity Fit Club and Celebrity Big Brother
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