Screech - Dustin Diamond dead at 44

theguzman

https://www.tmz.com/2021/02/01/dustin-diamond-saved-by-the-bell-star-dead-44-stage-4-cancer-screech/

Screech Dustin Diamond from Saved by the Bell has died from cancer this evening! A character from my childhood and a favourite programme of mine growing up as a kid! RIP Screech

Charlie19

No way I didn't even know he was I'll.

Rip Screech.

punisher5112

So young, very sadly died from stage 4 lung cancer, happened very quickly for him too.

R.I.P. screech. Brings back good memories as a kid.

TheValeyard

Really dead this time? Been a few awful hoaxes about him.

Screech was a great character. Did he ever get with Lisa in the end?


RIP Dude.

Itssoeasy

Jesus that was fast. He only announced he had cancer recently enough.

Thelonious Monk

I was only reading he had cancer today. Poor old Screech.

Screech was an indispensable part of my childhood. His madcap antics livened up Saved By The Bell, made it worth watching in a cast of cardboard cutouts. He had his detractors later on but nothing can take away the show. RIP Dustin.

Immortal Starlight

Read a couple of weeks ago that he had cancer and that he also had shingles and was in a lot of pain. Cancer is such a frightening and horrible disease. Sad that he died at such a young age. May he Rest In Peace.

EmmetSpiceland

While I was mostly into ‘Saved By The Bell’ for Kelly Kapowski and ‘Saved By The Bell: The New Class’ for Lindsay Warner, Screech was the one who’d make you laugh out loud.

Sad news, RIP Dustin.

B.A._Baracus

44 is way to young. Easily could have lived another 30 years even more.

Rip dude. You gave me entertainment as a kid playing Screech.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

I am shocked at how quickly cancer claimed him.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Jesus that was fast. He only announced he had cancer recently enough.

Only diagnosed three weeks ago. It must have been really aggressive.

LimeFruitGum

Whaaaaat! Ah no
I had heard he was ill recently, but I didn't expect him to pass away quite so soon.

Itssoeasy

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

44 is way to young. Easily could have lived another 30 years even more.

Rip dude. You gave me entertainment as a kid playing Screech.

Sure 44 is nothing. I know there was some bad blood between the cast members and he wasn’t in the reboot and I know he made some mistakes but I doubt the others were angels either. I did read that Dennis Haskins aka mr belding did stay in contact with him after the show ended which was nice of him. I’ve not seen any statements from the rest of the cast but I’d say they’ll get some angry responses given the tweet I’ve seen from fans of the show.

py2006

https://twitter.com/MPG/status/1356329468671840256?s=20

https://twitter.com/mariolopezviva/status/1356322269618864129?s=20

https://twitter.com/TiffaniThiessen/status/1356328060325343232?s=20



Nothing from others as yet

Itssoeasy

Nice to see that there’s a relatively recent picture of him with mario Lopez.

py2006

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Nice to see that there’s a relatively recent picture of him with mario Lopez.

Marios body language and lack of usual smile says it all...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q308dq2z5I

helimachoptor

Maybe it's nostalgia, but it's sad how this particular group drifted away from each other.
Screech and Lark Voorhies have kinda been tossed aside.

The others only really came back together in the last few years

Itssoeasy

py2006 wrote: »

Marios body language and lack of usual smile says it all...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q308dq2z5I

Ah I hadn’t seen that clip before. It’s a going through the motions interview.

Itssoeasy

helimachoptor wrote: »

Maybe it's nostalgia, but it's sad how this particular group drifted away from each other.
Screech and Lark Voorhies have kinda been tossed aside.

The others only really came back together in the last few years

Didn’t lark voorhies have some series mental health issues recently enough ? Is she back in the reboot ?

py2006

py2006 wrote: »

Marios body language and lack of usual smile says it all...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q308dq2z5I

Lopez comes across as one cold fish, he's so detached you'd swear they hadn't met before. A sad denouement.

Wanderer2010

That interview is so insincere and false from Lopez, like hes almost gloating that his life is better than that of Dustin. Very condescening.

Anyway, RIP Dustin, you gave me some great laughs as a kid.

Your Face

R.I.P.
44 is no age.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

py2006 wrote: »

Marios body language and lack of usual smile says it all...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q308dq2z5I

I feel for Diamond there. No idea to what he’s referring but I feel for him.

dublinman1990

Oh my good god. I only heard Dustin's diagnosis only recently. I did not know at the time that it was lung cancer. I can't believe that I have read just now that he died this evening at 44 years old. That is unbelievably heartbreaking. I grew up watching Screech as a kid while he was in Saved by the Bell all those years ago. I will miss him now that he is gone. RIP Screech.

Beechwoodspark

RIP Screech. Probably the best actor that took part in saved by the bell. Very funny at times.

BettyS

RIP Screech! So tragic! I really feel for him, in terms of SBTB. He was always the butt of the jokes and the Milhouse. It has got to effect one’s self-esteem, given that it was filmed in his teenage years.

That interview with Lopez is so cruel. That moment where he asks about him asking did he wish to continue with acting made me squirm. He was speaking to him like a second-class citizen. He cruelly punished poor Dustin!

passatman86

Crazy.. Scary how fast he passed away. Only heard about his sickness last week - in an article i read he said that he felt staying in hotels with asbestos and mold was a big reason he got sick..

BettyS

God, I looked up about Screech on Reddit. It really is a cesspit. One of the top comments questioned if he was faking the cancer

Stihl waters

A year older than me, frightening to think about it, RIP screech

begbysback

rip screech lad

begbysback

Stihl waters wrote: »

A year older than me, frightening to think about it, RIP screech

Not really pal, almost middle age, more years behind ye than ahead at this stage

Stihl waters

begbysback wrote: »

Not really pal, almost middle age, more years behind ye than ahead at this stage

Jesus I'd hope to see 75 or a bit with it anyway, never count your chickens I suppose

B.A._Baracus

begbysback wrote: »

Not really pal, almost middle age, more years behind ye than ahead at this stage

I get what you are saying, there comes a point when you've more miles on you than what's realistically left. But I wouldn't apply that as such to a 44 year old and there about's.
Dustin could have easily lived another 30 years as it's quite common to hear of people living in to their 70's. 30 years is a large chunk of a life. Yes it is less than what he had covered. But only by a small bit.

Alas tho, in Dustin's case the hands of time had other plans.

py2006

Elizabeth Berkley didn't have much to say, she just retweeted Mark-Paul Gosselaar's words

McGinniesta

He had a sex tape \porn movie.

It was called saved by the smell.

Story goes that he gave some chick a dirty sanchez