Feb 1, 2021
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Celebrity Gossip website TMZ is reporting that actor Dustin Diamond has died. It was reported in early January that Diamond was diagnosed with stage four cancer after going to the hospital in Florida after feeling ill.
Diamond, who starred in Saved By The Bell and many of it s spinoffs, had struggled with his career after Bell and also found himself in legal and financial trouble through the years. He was one of the only cast members not invited to be in the reboot which runs on Peacock, NBC s streaming service.
TMZ says A rep for Dustin tells us he died Monday morning. His condition had greatly declined since last week, and he was taken off of breathing machines in an attempt to get him to hospice care. His GF was by his side when he passed away. Dustin was 44.
SAVED By The Bell actor Dustin Diamond has died aged 44 three weeks after being diagnosed with cancer, his representative said. Diamond, who played Samuel “Screech” Powers on the popular comedy, was taken to hospital in Florida last month after falling ill. His death was announced on Monday by Roger Paul, his representative, who said the cause of death was carcinoma. Mr Paul said: “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.
Saved By The Bell star Dustin Diamond dies after lung cancer battle
1 Feb, 2021 07:09 PM
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NZ Herald
Dustin Diamond, who played Screech in Saved By The Bell, has died aged 44 after a short battle with lung cancer. 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.
TMZ reported that he has been taken off breathing machines in an effort to move him to hospice care.
Diamond first revealed his cancer battle last month and his death comes shortly after he completed his first round of chemotherapy.
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