Saying goodbye. Dustin Diamond, best known for playing Samuel “Screech” Powers on Saved by the Bell, died on Monday, February 1, after a battle with stage IV lung cancer.
The actor was 44.“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,” his publicist confirmed to Us Weekly. “Dustin did not suffer.
He did not have to lie submerged in pain. For that, we are grateful.”The California native first revealed his cancer diagnosis in January after being hospitalized in Florida.On January 22, his team shared a new statement on his Facebook page. “The stage 4 small cell carcinoma
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