Dustin Diamond, who spent 13 seasons as the goofy nerd Screech on the Saturday morning sitcom Saved by the Bell and its various iterations before his life and career took a turn for the worse, died Monday.
He was 44. The cause of death was carcinoma, his rep, Roger Paul, told The Hollywood Reporter. The actorwas diagnosed with stage 4 cancer three weeks ago and was receiving treatments at a Florida hospital. "In that time, it managed to spread rapidly throughout his system; the only mercy it exhibited was its sharp and swift execution," Paul said in a statement. "Dustin did not suffer.
He did not have to lie submerged in pain. For that, we are grateful." When he was 11 and in the fifth grade, Diamond beat out 5,000 other hopefuls in 1988 to.
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