DUSTIN Diamond's character on Saved By The Bell, Samuel "Screech" Powers, always struggled. And the same appears to be true for Diamond himself – who is bravely battling stage four cancer, a close pal revealed. "It started off as a tumor on his neck – a huge lump on his throat – and it was very visible," Diamond's friend Dan Block told The Sun, adding he didn't seek treatment sooner in case people mocked him. "He was afraid of someone taking pictures of it and posting it online." A rep for the actor confirmed it was cancer, adding: "I'd like to ask everybody to keep Dustin in their thoughts and prayers." Since leaving Saved By The Bell and its spinoffs, which he starred in from 1989 to 2000, Diamond has been in the public eye for all the.
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