Mark-Paul Gosselaar has paid tribute to his late Saved by the Bell co-star Dustin Diamond, admitting his death has left the cast of the show in a state of shock.
The 44-year-old, famed for his role as lovable Screech Powers on the high school comedy, succumbed to cancer on Monday - just weeks after he was diagnosed with stage 4 small cell carcinoma.
Gosselaar - who appeared in the '90s classic and its reboot as Zack Morris - spoke about Diamond during an appearance on the Tamron Hall Show.
Admitting "it's always tough" when someone close passes away, Gosselaar continued: "I think it's even more so when the individual is someone you know and the age of Dustin - it was only a few weeks ago that we heard about his diagnosis and for it to.
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