No, ‘Saved by the Bell’ star Dustin Diamond did not die in prison riot

nypost.com:

appearing to report that “Saved by the Bell” star Dustin Diamond died in a prison riot at age 43. Fortunately, nostalgic sitcom fans can rest easy as the piece appears to be satire, according to Reuters.

According to the parody piece, Diamond — who played the nebbishy Samuel “Screech” Powers in the 1990s NBC comedy — was serving a 15-year sentence for stabbing a heckler when he was “tragically struck down in prison resulting in his death.”The purported hoax was perpetuated by social-media users who were eager to break the fake news. “Thy gatt Screech son lol,” wrote one Facebook user above a screenshot of the story.

Another shared the still with a link to an unrelated music video on YouTube.As it turns out, the piece was published by the.