Dustin Diamond, best known for his role as Screech on the 90’s television show Saved by the Bell but also made sporadic appearances in pro wrestling, has passed away at the age of 44.
TMZ reported that Diamond passed away Monday morning after being diagnosed with stage 4 small cell carcinoma, or lung cancer. He was diagnosed last month and had been undergoing chemotherapy. The cancer had started elsewhere in Diamond’s body and it later metastasized in his lungs. His condition had declined in the last week.
After his run on Saved by the Bell ended in 2000, Diamond made appearances in professional wrestling, including an angle with Jerry Lawler and then-wife Stacey Carter in 2000 for Memphis Championship Wrestling. He later appeared in TNA, competing in what was billed as a boxing match on the September 18, 2002 Total Nonstop Action pay-per-view event. He defeated Tiny the Bellkeeper in under a minute.
Dustin Diamond had recently been diagnosed with lung cancer
Dustin Diamond, who played Samuel ‘Screech’ Powers in 1990s US sitcom Saved by the Bell has died from cancer,.
The 44-year-old actor had only been diagnosed with lung cancer last month and recently completed a first round of chemotherapy. But his agent Roger Paul said the star’s condition had deteriorated fast in the last week.
‘Dustin did not suffer. He did not have to lie submerged in pain. For that, we are grateful,’ he said.
Co-star Mario Lopez, who played AC Slater, said: ‘Dustin, you will be missed my man. The fragility of this life is something never to be taken for granted. Prayers for your family will continue on.’
Dustin Diamond Remembered as Saved by the Bell Co-Stars & Friends Pay Tribute
Dustin Diamond Remembered as Saved by the Bell Co-Stars & Friends Pay Tribute
Mario Lopez, Tiffani Thiessen, and Mark-Paul Gosselaar are among those paying tribute to the late Dustin Diamond on social media.
Very sad news to report, as Dustin Diamond died on Monday just three weeks after he was diagnosed with lung cancer, and former
Saved by the Bell co-stars are paying tribute along with some of Dustin s other colleagues from show business. Though the prognosis was grim, Diamond s death still came as a big shock given his young age and just how quickly the whole ordeal unfolded. The news has left
February 2, 2021
Dustin Diamond, the actor best known for portraying Screech on
Saved by the Bell, has died at the age of 44. Diamond was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in January.
Diamond’s rep confirmed the news in a statement:
“We are saddened to confirm of Dustin Diamond’s passing on Monday, February 1st, 2021 due to carcinoma. He was diagnosed with this brutal, relentless form of malignant cancer only three weeks ago. 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.”
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