Saved by the Bell actor Dustin Diamond dies aged 44

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The actor, who played Screech in the high-school sitcom, had recently been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer

Mon 1 Feb 2021 15.01 EST

Actor Dustin Diamond, best known for playing Screech on high school sitcom Saved by the Bell, has died at the age of 44.

Diamond had been diagnosed last month with stage 4 small cell carcinoma, or lung cancer, and been in treatment ever since. His representative Roger Paul confirmed the news of his death.

“Dustin did not suffer. He did not have to lie submerged in pain. For that, we are grateful,” Paul said in a statement.

In 1988, at the age of 11, Diamond was cast as Screech in Disney Channel show Good Morning Miss Bliss, which after one season was retooled as Saved by the Bell on NBC, which became a long-running hit franchise. He continued to play the character until he was 23 in 2000.

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https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/feb/01/dustin-diamond-saved-by-the-bell-dies-44

[malaise]

1. So how is Limbaugh still alive?

Screech was too young to die

[Roland99]

2. ask that question every day

cancer took my father. He only lived about a year after his diagnosis.

[malaise]

3. Life is so unfair