Dustin Diamond was a contestant on Celebrity Big Brother in 2013 (Image: GETTY)
READ MORE His actions, though rebukeable, stemmed from loss and the lack of knowledge on how to process that pain properly.
He went on describe Dustin as a “humorous and high-spirited individual whose greatest passion was to make others laugh”.
“He was able to sense and feel other peoples’ emotions to such a length that he was able to feel them too - a strength and a flaw, all in one.”
Dustin was initially hospitalised in Florida in January after feeling pain all over his body. It was later confirmed he had stage four cancer.
Saved By The Bell s Dustin Diamond has passed away, aged 44 By Emma Mullan
The actor, best known for his role as Screech in on the hit
NBC sitcom
Saved by the Bell has sadly passed after his battle with Stage Four lung cancer, his agent has confirmed.
Dustin Diamond’s agent, He was diagnosed with this brutal, relentless form of malignant cancer only three weeks ago,” Paul said 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.
Saturday Night Live viewers are calling the joke hurtful and transphobic.
Me: oh yay, Biden repealed the military trans ban, there’s a poll showing even a majority of Republicans support Biden’s repeals of anti-LGBT+ actions, maybe society isn’t so transphobic
Saturday Night Live: hold my beer
Didn’t watch SNL tonight but wasn’t surprised at all to learn that Michael Che used the lifting of the transgender military ban to be his usual transphobic self. His transphobia is not funny and he needs to ask himself why he wants to be in the same category as JKR. #SNL
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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