Saved By The Bell star Dustin Diamond dies at 44 following battle with Stage Four cancer
Dustin Diamond – best known for playing Samuel ‘Screech’ Powers on the hit NBC sitcom Saved by the Bell has died, it has been confirmed.
A rep for the actor told TMZ on Monday that he succumbed to his battle with Stage Four cancer, commonly referred to as lung cancer.
His father was by his side at the time of his death, it was added by the site.
RIP: Saved By The Bell star Dustin Diamond dies at 44 amid Stage Four cancer battle; seen in 2016
In January Dustin went to the hospital because he had pain all over his body; that is when he was told he had cancer.
According to his reps, Dustin was officially diagnosed with ‘stage four small cell carcinoma.’
‘This is commonly referred to as advanced lung cancer,’ TMZ reported, adding that in this instance, the ‘cancer started elsewhere in his body and metastasized in his lungs.’
He had already gone through his first round of chemotherapy in a hospital last week, according to TMZ.
On Monday, his good friend Dan Block told The Sun he thought his friend had only weeks to live.