Eli Countryman Dustin Diamond, known for playing Samuel “Screech” Powers in the hit sitcom “Saved by the Bell,” died on Monday morning following a hospitalization in January.
He was 44Details of his hospitalization weren’t made available at the time, and doctors ran various tests and a biopsy on Diamond to determine the cause of his apparent body pain, according to earlier reports.Diamond got his first official acting credits for small roles in the TV movie “Yogi’s Great Escape” and an episode of “It’s a Living” in 1987, but came into his breakout role just one year later.
Cast in “Good Morning, Miss Bliss,” the actor portrayed Screech for 13 episodes. The show would go on to be the basis for “Saved by the Bell,” which Diamond acted in.
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