Dustin Diamond died Monday after battling stage 4 cancer, which he just announced last month. He was 44 years old.He was best known for his role as the beloved nerd Samuel “Screech” Powers — a frequently beleaguered brainiac.
Screech gave loving representation to science kids — long before their cool counterparts dressed up as Elon Musk for Halloween — for nearly 13 years, through three incarnations of the show.He was shocked to have not been included in the “Saved by the Bell” revival that began airing last year on Peacock.
The snub is said to have been handed down due to the negative notoriety that seemed to dog Diamond.In fact, according to the Sun, he credited the underbelly of fame as being the reason why he put off seeing a doctor.
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