The Saved by the Bell star was diagnosed with cancer just three weeks ago. He was 44. Author: Erin McHugh, Lucas Robbins, Travis Pittman Published: 1:16 PM CST February 1, 2021 Updated: 1:29 PM CST February 1, 2021
WASHINGTON Dustin Diamond, best known for playing Samuel Screech Powers on the TV sitcom Saved by the Bell, died Monday after a three-week fight with carcinoma, 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 was hospitalized last month in Florida and his team disclosed later that he had cancer.
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Dustin Diamond, the former child star who most notably played curly-haired geek Samuel “Screech” Powers on NBC’s wholesome 1990s sitcom “Saved by the Bell” and then became infamous for a number of post-show scandals, has died. He was 44.
Diamond, who revealed on Jan. 14 that he had Stage 4 cancer, died in a Florida hospital Monday morning as arrangements were being made to move him to hospice care, his talent agent, Roger Paul, told The Times. Diamond had small-cell carcinoma that metastasized in his lungs after originating elsewhere in his body.
“He was diagnosed with this brutal, relentless form of malignant cancer only three weeks ago,” Paul added in a statement. “In that time, it managed to spread rapidly throughout his system; the only mercy it exhibited was its sharp and swift execution. Dustin did not suffer. He did not have to lie submerged in pain. For that, we are grateful.”
Saved by the Bell star Dustin Diamond dies of cancer at 44
FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2011 file photo, Dustin Diamond attends the SYFY premiere of Mega Python vs. Gatoroid at The Ziegfeld Theater in New York. Diamond died Monday after a three-week fight with carcinoma, according to his representative. He was 44. Diamond, best known for playing Screech on the hit ’90s sitcom Saved by the Bell, was hospitalized last month in Florida and his team disclosed later he had cancer. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, File)
This 1992 image released by NBC shows actor Dustin Diamond as Samuel Powers, better known as Screech from the 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)