Shedding light on his role as Screech for 13 years in shows like âGood Morning, Miss Bellâ, âSaved by the Bell: The New Classâ, and âSaved By the Bell: The College Yearsâ, the message read, âDustin Diamond was a character in and of himself: an unpredictable spitfire who always left us shocked, but never left us bored. We are thankful he trusted us enough to share his genuine, authentic self with our team. We wish you knew him in the way that we did. This loss is as much stinging as it is sudden.â
Born in San Jose, California, to a Jewish family, Diamond was raised by his father who taught digital electronics for a computer-processing firm and his mother who was a computer operator for Pacific Bell. Talking about how life turned out after he started acting at an early age, the comedian said, âThe hardest thing about being a child star is giving up your childhood. You don t get a childhood, really.â As millions of fans mourn the star,
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Thirty years ago the United States and coalition allies launched Operation Desert Storm in response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in August 1990.
Initially considered an unqualified success for the international coalition, America’s military intervention in the Middle East has had long-term repercussions.
From the San Diego Tribune, Thursday, January 17, 1991:
Air strike on Baghdad is felt here
Tears and cheers greet news of war
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When the bombs hit Baghdad, San Diego shook.
People across the city and county stopped in their tracks, drawn like magnets to radio speakers and television screens, riveted by news of yesterday’s air assault on Saddam Hussein’s forces in Iraq and Kuwait.
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Here are the stories of six people who left L.A. in 2020: a teacher, a retired aerospace engineer, a cellist, a pair of filmmaker-musicians and a voice actress.
Each had a complicated personal mix of reasons for moving to a new state, including romantic relationships and a clash with California’s liberal politics. But there were common threads, including an ability to work remotely and a desire for more open space at a cheaper price.
The pandemic was not the sole factor for anyone. Rather, it was a final push to move on from lives in L.A. that had run their course or, in some cases, had not flowered.