Dustin Diamond is DEAD to Me

Screech is gone! No way.

Sad. That happened fast.

Has Hayley Mills commented yet?

Holy cow.

That was speed-y.

He never smoked or had any significant exposure to secondhand smoke. Scary.

Wow! That is sad.

Damn, that was quick, which I guess could be seen as merciful.

Can I have his unsold dildoes?

It spread to his lungs from somewhere else, per the linked article r6.

He wasn’t a smoker?! That is terrifying. RIP.

Yikes. I just know this is going to happen to me.

Furthermore the reason they went looking for it when he got sick is because it ran in his family. It killed his mother as well.

He went from 1st round of chemo to “breathing machine” to hospice in 2 weeks??

His career was already dead, so this is working out well for him

A neighbor had lung cancer, and never smoked...died before Thanksgiving last year. It was less than two years, after being diagnosed.

This is so sad to hear. He was a part of my childhood, I grew up watching Saved by the Bell. It’s especially scary to me, I’m only 2 years younger and also have cancer that metastasised from my colon to lungs (currently 11 very small tumours in my lungs-not a smoker either!). I don’t have any real symptoms right now so I’m much luckier I guess. RIP Dustin

RIP!

That was so fast!

didn't he just start chemo?

Gone too soon. RIP

I never watched Saved By the Bell, even in middle school I thought it was a stupid show for retards (see also: Full House) but this is sad.

Diagnosed with HIGHLY aggressive cancer, blood cancer, such as leukaemia or lymphoma, a few weeks ago. Hereditary and common in his family, from what has been alleged.

RIP, Screech.

It spread to his lungs did they ever say where the cancer spread from to begin with? It seems like we’re missing so much information.

Diamonds aren't forever.

Susan Dey has a chance to send her condolences early.

Ask not for whom the bell tolls...

Wow. I thought he just faked it to get on the SBTB reboot.

That’s a real shame.

He was great as the bailiff on the first few seasons of Night Court.

I hope his costars who have been really rude to him/ excluding him from reunions, reboot etc at least have something nice to say about him.

That what tragic- born with those cancer genes. Can that really be prevented proactively? Feel sorry for him and his loved ones.

What was loaded on his Sony Discman?

R27, Lark Voorhies plans a one-woman off-Broadway show about her grief.

His father Neil must be devastated right now.

I always thought he was an annoying douchebag, but it’s terrible when anyone that young. And even worse that a vile pig like Rush Limbaugh STILL won’t die.

Yes ^^

Lark was the only one he seemed to be on good terms with at the end. The cast initially excluded her too but loved her as the problem was her mental and not her.

Apparently the guy also found a lump in his neck which he ignored for a while. He had some issues with the law in the past too. Sad for this to happen to him though. He was part of many of our childhoods.

.....the Rush Limbaugh part ...

Ugh can Rush die already

OMG hi Larry King/r31!

That’s not the way cancer is supposed to work?

It was wrong of him to be excluded from the reboot. He could have used the work and I am sure his coworkers could have pushed for it. They better not start the crocodile tears now.

[quote] I never watched Saved By the Bell, even in middle school I thought it was a stupid show for retards (see also: Full House) but this is sad.

Getta load of R19 and her 1800 SAT score. Sounds like Stansbury material.

R16 I hope things get better for you.

Morphine drip?

Sad. Very sad.

I hope Mario Lopez doesn’t make it ALL ABOUT MARIO!

It was small cell lung cancer. Sometimes cancer starts in a weird place, but pathology can usually identify the type of cancer. My neighbor has stage IV breast cancer, but never had a breast tumor. They found it in her lymph nodes and liver only. A friend died of lung cancer with nothing suspicious in her lungs. It appeared in her spine only. Cancer is a sneaky bitch.

R21, certain cancers are really aggressive and are only experienced by males, such as testicular, prostate, cancers. Lymphomas and blood cancers such as leukaemia, are also VERY aggressive, depending on the type of blood cancer or lymphoma that it falls under.

For whatever reasons, these blood cancers either get boys way more than girls, and can be deadly by the age of 10, or they show up later, and it’s common to see it in the ranges of men aged in their mid to late 40s

They are usually diagnosed at stage 4, and even when caught early, depending on the genetic and hereditary life expectancy within the biological relatives of the patient, the survival rate is often dismal.

I’ve known 2 guys who got this. Both healthy, non smokers, non drinkers, who both died within weeks to a few months of diagnosis of lymphoma.

One shot yo steroids when he was in high school to bulk up, the other one did nothing of the sort, as he was aware of his family’s medical history and knew he was at high risk.

The former of the two aforementioned gentlemen, had SAG insurance and tested regularly as advised, and died within a few weeks of his blood analysis.

The first, had been adopted, and had no familial medical history to better ascertain risk.

The good news is that prostate cancers are easily detected early and treated successfully, and the onset is at a specific age range. But deadly lymphomas, blood cancers and specific testicular cancers will take men out early, if they have no medical history or sometimes, even when they do.

Justin knew his medical history, and I am guessing he was diagnosed when undergoing routine lab tests for mitigation early on, if possible.

I have known two people who were not smokers and did not live with smokers who got lung cancer. Both died very soon after being diagnosed (weeks) and were under 50.

Whatever happened to the white guy with yellow skin?

Did they exclude him when they were teenagers?

Damn, I'm probably going to go look into SBTB history now.

If you want to rub one out in his memory...

R47, Dana Reeve

R16 that’s bad luck I’m sorry. Hope treatment goes to plan and you make a recovery.

Poor guy--he did not have an easy life.

I've never quite understood the story of the other actors excluding him--whether it was just because he was mentally ill and behaved hatefully to them with his memoir, or whether it had more to do with the fact that most of them were shallow and pretty and shallow and pretty kids always gang up against the ugly kid. I would guess it was both, and both problems fed into one another.

I told you bitches this was gonna happen. Due to fuckers not wearing masks and turning the pandemic into a worldwide disaster, people aren't going for annual physicals or to get random body pains checked...as cancer and other diseases progress beyond repair. This will be repeated for the new few years with your friends, family, and famous people finding out too late.

Get checked.

Yikes, R46, your post should come with a trigger warning for us hypochondriacs.

Screech grew into his looks...was good looking later...but yes, shallow.

Shit. That was fast.

My brother and I grew up on Saved by the Bell. Weird to think Screech is gone now.

[quote] I told you bitches this was gonna happen.

Why did the great god Apollo affix such a dreadful curse to you, O far-seeing prophetess Cassandra, that none of us should heed your infallible predictions? Shame upon the earth!

Always felt sorry for the guy. I don’t think the other cast members really included him in their little clique. He also wrote a tell-all book about them. I believe he said a couple of girls accused Mario Lopez of rape but they were paid off, and that all the guys had each slept with the girls (Mark-Paul, Mario, Tyffani, and Elizabeth). Don’t remember the rest.

I usually have something snarky to say but this is really tragically sad. Way too young!

Wow. Sad news.

Response to R53....

Mario Lopez is a piece of shit.

Remember when his first wife left him after he cheated on her on their honeymoon???

Trash.

[quote] He was part of many of our childhoods.

Not mine or my friends' childhoods. The only kids who watched that shit show were girls who were kind of stupid.

Lars defended Dustin. This is very sad news.

Remember when Mario Lopez was accused by two women of rape in the early '90s? And nothing ever happened.

Then fuck off R64. FF’d. Hopefully you’re red tagged. Good.

Ugh. copy/pasted to the wrong box.

[quote]Not mine or my friends' childhoods.

Then you must have not had many friends and I think I can guess why.

First Luke Perry, now Dustin Diamond. Has anyone questioned Tiffani Thiessen?

Fuck all you bleeding heart cunts trashing his SBTB costars for "not letting him on the reboot." A.) It's not their decision, B.) Mario and Lark both have said it was because he asked for way more money than anyone else, and C.) he trashed them all to whomever would listen, essentially calling Tiffany and Elizabeth whores and Mark Paul and Mario serial rapists, pedophiles, and drug addicts. Even if that's true, they didn't owe this creep shit. It's sad that he died so young, but that doesn't take away from the fact he was a fucked up cunt and his career tanked because of his own decisions.

[quote]Then you must have not had many friends and I think I can guess why.

It was a lame show for dumb kids. I think Saved By the Bell Might have been a regional thing, too. I don't remember it being very popular in Southern New England, where I grew up.

[quote] Lark was the only one he seemed to be on good terms with at the end.

Not true. Mario was probably on the best terms with him out of all of them. He had Dustin on his show not too long ago.

[quote] I hope Mario Lopez doesn’t make it ALL ABOUT MARIO!

As long as he's semi-naked, Mario can make it about whatever he wants.

I’ve known several people who have/had lung cancer that never smoked. No second hand smoke, either. One has an extensive family history of lung cancer. The others really don’t know. Sometimes shit just happens.

Dana Reeve also died from lung cancer at 44. She never smoked and never lived with a smoker.

The cast was asked during reboot interviews if they'd spoken with Dustin Diamond recently and they all said no. Some said they hadn't spoken to him since the show ended.

Lark did interviews when her appearance on the reboot came up that made it pretty clear she had spoken to him personally recently.

[quote]Fuck all you bleeding heart cunts trashing his SBTB costars for "not letting him on the reboot."

Mark Paul has entered the chat.

[quote] It was a lame show for dumb kids. I think Saved By the Bell Might have been a regional thing, too. I don't remember it being very popular in Southern New England, where I grew up.

Doesn't understand how cable television works.

[quote] didn't he just start chemo?

It's the chemo that kills.

[quote]he trashed them all to whomever would listen

Oh, dear!

r78 not "regional" in the sense that it was on a local channel, but "regional" in the sense that it was popular in some regions more than others.

Variety is fucked up to use this picture of him.

I must have muted the person in [R77]s reply but uh I actually agree with them on this point. He made a sex tape, then said it was a body double. He released a book that accused all of the cast members of ILLEGAL SEX AND DRUGS which really only might fit Berkley's brand. Then he said the ghostwriter fabricated the whole thing. Why would they want to work with him again? So he can publish another ridiculous book that threatens their careers full of god knows what? Then, he stabbed a guy in a bar. When do you draw the line on wanting to work with someone? After they've tarnished your reputation or after they've stabbed someone?

His loss is tragic and I believe it is sad we won't get to see more of his work. But I don't think the original cast of Saved By The Bell is obligated to continue working with him.

Lark is another story; she's back after the "feud" was aired during the pandemic as a smaller cameo role I believe. They did treat her terribly due to mental illness and recognized this IIRC.

[quote]but uh I actually agree with them on this point.

Uh I never said that it wasn't justified.

I was just saying Lark spoke to him recently and made a comment about the poster's rage.

:)

Lung cancer is devastating. It isn't uncommon for people to die fairly quickly.

Most with lung cancer never smoked.

Lung cancer (both small cell and non-small cell) is the second most common cancer in both men and women (not counting skin cancer). In men, prostate cancer is more common, while in women breast cancer is more common.

The more you know...

That sucks.

[quote] people aren't going for annual physicals or to get random body pains checked...as cancer and other diseases progress beyond repair

Actually R54 that's not the truth. I encountered someone saying something similar late last year - they had provided the below link as supporting evidence. I did a little further investigation and this is what I came up with.

Based on a direct use of last years numbers as basis for this years numbers they said they’re missing 370 cases. And allowed for a possible 2000 based on ?? But a 600% margin of error seems……Hrm.

Anyway again if you read further it seems they’re at 100% detection for breast cancer (I thought everyone was saying there would be enormous numbers of missed breast cancer cases) 95% for lung cancer (within margin of error), and 65% of prostate cancer cases. So prostate cancer is where the large miss of cases lies (in the 3 they presented). Now if we look at prostate cancer specifically, we see two things. People diagnosed at early stages tend to have an extremely high rate of survival (around-100% 5year survival rate for stage 1&2) however that drops once it’s diagnosed at stage 3 significantly. However, few people are diagnosed at stage 3 because it’s a slow growing cancer and is typically picked up earlier with screening. Stage 3 is where pain also usually prompts a medical investigation resulting in diagnosis. Point being people that are diagnosed at stage 3 have not taken up their screenings. One can extrapolate that stage 3 cases will be diagnosed nonetheless this year(people in pain are still attending GPs) and that the missed cases will be almost exclusively stage 1/2, and those in stage 1 or 2 will just have a diagnosis delayed, but once they’ve previously taken part previously in screening its verrrrrry unlikely the disease will progress to a stage where their prognosis suffers much.

I understand that it's fun to scare-monger but I don't think any of the figures bear out that reality. Using Dustin's death to add weight to this seems......ignorant and reckless at best and veers very quickly towards cynical and mean-spirited.

TL;DR it obv hasn’t played out yet so is impossible to tell but this doesn’t look so significant.

Not true r86. While it is true that many with lung cancer never smoked, it is not the majority.

[R84] I'm glad I didn't see the comment; I'm sure it was hateful and full o' rage. I hadn't seen anything defending the cast so like an egomaniac threw it out there, with no regard. You seem nice, what a waste of time we're spending in this sad thread. We could be watching the TV movie where Lisa becomes a PRINCESS right now.

Donna Summer didn't smoke and died from lung cancer.

And Betty White is STILL alive.

Betty White is almost 100.

He had a nice... uh, umm... nice... residual checks from reruns, but he couldn’t live forever.

Sizemeat verificatia at R50

I am in terrible pain, because he was my boyfriend. If you want to interview me, I'll talk to anyone at any time. Please make sure that you have a good shot of my tears as I go through my grief. I'd also like to offer my services to be in the inevitable bio pic.

R76, Won't you please give a hearty hello to R51?

Get fucked r97.

From Mario Lopez

From Mark-Paul Gosselaar

Mark Paul’s post was classy.

Tiffany’s tweet is pretty awkward.

My OLD co-star? Really Tiffani Amber?

Well, that was fast. Just heard he had cancer a few weeks ago and thought it might even be fake news for publicity. I thought he would at least linger on for a while like Shannen Doherty.

[quote] The 44-year-old actor said he wasn't a smoker and blamed his cancer 'asbestos' from 'cheap hotel room's he stayed at

Hey all you whores stay out of cheap motels, you can catch more than a STD.

I can’t wait to get him on “Larry King Dead” and ask him about one of my all-time favorite songs, “You’re Having My Baby” ....

[quote] We could be watching the TV movie where Lisa becomes a PRINCESS right now.

You seem nice too R90!

I also just noticed that Lisa Turtle is trending on Twitter. I guess people are remembering that their two characters were often placed together in story lines on the show.

I think I'll go check up on her right now. Have a great evening!

R99, r100, etc., can you please link to Susan Dey’s statement?

TIA!

r78 doesn't understand how BROADCAST television works.

[quote]Lars defended Dustin.

And so soon after his wife Phyllis died.

R20 [quote] Diagnosed with HIGHLY aggressive cancer, blood cancer, such as leukaemia or lymphoma, a few weeks ago.

I don't know if this is better or worse than dragging out dying over a 2 year period of chemo. He didn't have much time to settle things but at least he didn't have prolonged suffering.

When I got the alert I announced it to my class and we had a moment of "Who? Oh, HIM" in memory of Screech.

[quote]DUSTIN Diamond has died from lung cancer weeks after the actor learned he was terminally ill, sending shockwaves among fans and throughout Hollywood.

Wow--hyperbole much? "Shockwaves throughout Hollywood?"

R113 that's what I thought when MPG called Dustin a "comedic genius". Yeah, a genius who couldn't book a job for over twenty years. I'd have more respect for these people if they just said that has was a dirtbag and a degenerate gambler, and I'm glad he's gone.

I've been here for nearly 20 years, and I still don't get why some of you are always so hysterically quick to take offense about such tiny things. Why should it matter if people did or did not watch [italic]Saved by the Bell[/italic] when they were younger? It's not like watching it (or for that matter not watching it) marks you out as either superior or inferior to anyone else.

I’m not sure how I feel about his old co-stars, who may have still have had negative feelings about him, posting glowing R.I.P. messages on their social media. I don’t think Mark-Paul wrote anything a couple of weeks ago when Dustin announced he had cancer. I think (some) of them may comment now because it looks really bad if you say nothing. I’m pretty sure he and Mark-Paul remained on bad terms for many years.

[quote] I’m not sure how I feel about his old co-stars, who may have still have had negative feelings about him, posting glowing R.I.P. messages on their social media.

I am also concerned about the potential lack of sincerity in this D list stars. It really makes you think.

[quote] I’m not sure how I feel about his old co-stars, who may have still have had negative feelings about him, posting glowing R.I.P. messages on their social media.

I thought Mario’s and Mark Paul’s were both appropriate. They didn’t gush about how close they were or how much they would personally miss him; they offered condolences. There was definitely bad blood (understandably), but their responses were appropriate without being cloying or fake.

Has Tori Spelling made a statement yet?

Yes, r119.

Wow, didn't think he'd die so fast.

Neither did he.

Predictions the next celebrity deaths-Shannen Doherty, Pete Davidson, and Sarah Silverman.

Donna Summer certainly smoked when she was younger.

R120 He thought you'd stand by him as a fellow ugo, hun.

What was on his iPod?

r123 Sarah Silverman ?? WTF.

[quote] that's what I thought when MPG called Dustin a "comedic genius".

Lots of young actors are talented as kids but are not as adults. Corey Feldman and Lindsey Lohan are other examples. I always thought Dustin was one of the most talented of the cast since his character changed the most throughout the series. He started out as a nerd, then became a dork, and then something else entirely during the later seasons.

[quote]Block said he had a “huge lump” on his neck for some time — but tragically put off going to the hospital in case people took photos and posted them online.

[quote]“I know that the reason he didn’t get help is because when he goes out, people take pictures, put it on the internet and say not nice things about him,” Block said.

R116 TBF, DD did try to make some $$$ of dishing dirt on the rest of the (asshole) cast.

Just about everyone else had their looks to trade on - alas, he was no swan.

He was actually fuckable around the time he did his sex video.

[quote]I think (some) of them may comment now because it looks really bad if you say nothing.

You don't say!

[quote] It was a lame show for dumb kids. I think Saved By the Bell Might have been a regional thing, too. I

SBTB wasn't high art, but it probably more accurately captured the vapidity of American teenagers vs. the pretentious blather of something like Dawson's Crack. Or worse, something like Euphoria, which makes high schools look like Boogie Nights in training.

Saved By The Porn

Who will Mr. Belding buy weed from now?

R136.

That sex video doesn't have much of HIM in it. A few too-brief glimpses of his cock (obviously large, but we never see the whole package at once). Are there any other better videos or screen-caps? Just curious. Didn't he actually do PORN work once?

I only watched to jack off to Zack and Slater.

[quote] Predictions the next celebrity deaths-Shannen Doherty, Pete Davidson, and Sarah Silverman.

Doherty yes, but Pete and Sarah, WTF?

The cast has been expressing their condolences. They are in a terrible spot since everyone is waiting for them to comment. But their sentiments seem authentic.

I don’t envy them.

There is someone in my community who was very destructive toward an organIzation I’m part of — tried to destroy it, and me. Her young son was killed fairly recently. No one deserves that, but we were all in a tough spot and people on the outside who didn’t know all that transpired expected us to issue a statement supporting he. No win. (I think we did the right thing.)

[quote] The cast has been expressing their condolences. They are in a terrible spot since everyone is waiting for them to comment.

I hate this era of expected and mandatory public social media statements. Remember when you could privately grieve or keep your thoughts/feelings to yourself?

At least he had the good judgement to not have any children. His mother also died of cancer.

I watched the show as an older teen because I had a huge crush on MPG. The show wasn’t meant to be witty or deliver high brow humor. The show was a microcosm of its time, depicting the vapid valley girl and popular jock tropes.

RIP Dustin Diamond.

R141 mmmmmm I don’t think the living members of the cast are the ones that need sympathy here bb. They’re not the ones that died.

[quote]doesn't understand how BROADCAST television works.

You stupid cunt, REGIONAL meaning it's broadcast everywhere, but it's more popular in certain parts of the country. Like Hee Haw.

[quote]I've been here for nearly 20 years, and I still don't get why some of you are always so hysterically quick to take offense about such tiny things. Why should it matter if people did or did not watch Saved by the Bell when they were younger? It's not like watching it (or for that matter not watching it) marks you out as either superior or inferior to anyone else.

Because idiot posters made it out like Saved By the Bell was a cultural touchstone for a generation of kids and universally beloved. It was a trifling children's show for "slow" kids. The rest of us thought it was infantile garbage, even at thirteen years old.

I need to stop smoking, which I have picked up and really been overdoing since the pandemic. So sad to hear of this death and can't even imagine for those of you on here battling cancer. I wish you all a recovery.

[quote] Remember when Mario Lopez was accused by two women of rape in the early '90s? And nothing ever happened.

That's because having a seventeen year old Mario Lopez inside you is not rape, it's a privilege.

Except he’s got the stank sleeve.

Blech.

[quote]Because idiot posters made it out like Saved By the Bell was a cultural touchstone for a generation of kids and universally beloved. It was a trifling children's show for "slow" kids. The rest of us thought it was infantile garbage, even at thirteen years old

So what were you watching at the time?

[quote] So what were you watching at the time?

She was probably watching E.R., pretending to be Kellie Martin's character.

I was getting my ass and mouth pounded at boarding school, didn't have time for shitty tv shows.

You’re trying too hard R153.

[quote]I watched the show as an older teen because I had a huge crush on MPG

Speaking of MPG, why does he keep messing with his face?

Have Mr. Belding, Miss Bliss and Max commented yet?

Tori's a godawful mess, but her remarks are touching.

Mr Belding hasn’t poster anything since 2019.

Didn't he claim later on that the monster cock in his sex tape was a stunt dick?

I believe MPG was genuine in his tweet. He would often praise Dustin for his comedic timing on the Zack to the Future podcast well before the news about Diamond’s diagnosis. I wonder how MPG and Daschell (sp) will address Diamond’s death in the next episode?

R.I.P. Dustin

r146 is not too bright.

r161 please enlighten us. What does regional popularity really mean?

I love it when the simpletons on here get all huffy and pissy when people criticize their prole tastes.

My understanding is that the overwhelming majority of non-smokers who die of lung cancer are women.

r146, is a contrarian eldergey.

If you're on this thread then we're the same age r165. Still waiting for your explanation.

Look at your past posts?

Explain r167. I'm waiting for your definition of regional popularity.

Bless your heart.

Ladies! Ladies! You're both eldergays!

r169 has to resort to tired old tropes because he has nothing to say.

It was a shit show that was more popular in certain regions of the country. Lots of kids at that time didn't watch it because it was pretty dumb and there were better things to watch. r169 and the others are pissed that their beloved show wasn't beloved by others, who thought it was lame garbage for simple kids.

OCD much?

[quote] Lots of kids at that time didn't watch it because it was pretty dumb and there were better things to watch.

What were the better things to watch back then? 1990s television, in general, was fucking horrendous.

How many of you would be devastated by the death of a coworker from 25 years ago? Not even counting his trash talking the cast

R174 If someone I worked with for about, what 7 years, during the prime of my life, died, of cancer at the age of 44, I would be pretty shaken up.

Tiffani and Mark Paul come off as fake. They should have just admitted that they didn't have the best relations with him, but were sorry for what he had to go through and left it at that.

[quote] Mark Paul come off as fake. They should have just admitted that they didn't have the best relations with him, but were sorry for what he had to go through and left it at that.

Fuck off. What MP wrote was fine. None of them owe any of us anything. They were gracious to say anything at all.

Mark Paul was fine. He acknowledged Dustin's talent and sent his condolences.

[quote]None of them owe any of us anything. They were gracious to say anything at all.

Yes, they deserve medals of honor for speaking out on a former TV star.

I'm surprised they had the time, given what busy careers all of them have had.

I guess Diamonds aren’t forever.

He was lucky to be cast on a long running show, but I think he was treated very poorly and surely felt ostracized. He was younger than his co-stars and cast in the role of the ugly loser geek. I don't blame his co-stars as much as I blame the producers of the show -- they never let his character grow up and become a man, they always used Screech as the butt of the joke. It's no wonder that he turned out the way that he did.

Rest in peace, Dustin.

I agree, r181; the producers did Dustin/Screech dirty in the later seasons. I also agree that SBTB was a shit show, but it was part of my childhood, and it’s one of those shows I like to hate watch.

I wonder if the new show will address his death or just leave Screech "on the space station"

[quote]How many of you would be devastated by the death of a coworker from 25 years ago? Not even counting his trash talking the cast I would be a bit rocked.

They may have been reduced to coworkers by 1994 but they worked together and went to school together when they were kids. If one of my old classmates, even if I wasn't close to them after graduation, died at 44 I'd still be a bit shocked even if I hadn't thought about them in years.

Overall, he may have not been a great person to the cast but I'm sure he didn't start out that way. Child actors have issues and that cast was no different even if they nearly all turned out relatively well in the end. (Lark's condition isn't her fault and prior to that she was doing really well on TV and in soaps.) It had to suck playing the geeky guy no one wants to date and the butt of every joke for years. The man died and people are still saying, "Screech" died.

[quote]I wonder if the new show will address his death or just leave Screech "on the space station"

I think it will go the same way as having Lark Voorhies on the show went: they'll get, as much as possible, guilted and forced into it because it's not really about them as much as it is about the people that watched the show. Also at the end of the day it's about the characters remembering that character and not necessarily about their own relationships with the actor.

🤔 He blew a lot of smoke out of his ass.

I'm shocked that is was lung cancer.

[quote]What were the better things to watch back then? 1990s television, in general, was fucking horrendous.

Exactly

[quote] Remember when you could privately grieve or keep your thoughts/feelings to yourself?

Those were the days.

Ever since the Great Celebrity Death March of 2016, every death needs a parade.

His dad squandered his money and I don’t think he found out until he was in his 20s. His persona changed after the boxing match he did with horseshack on celebrity boxing. He was nearly 30 years younger and about 6 inches taller and took it too far by pummeling him.

I'm going to masturbate furiously to Mario Lopez in a wrestling singlet in remembrance.

Elizabeth offers her condolences.

Elizabeth Berkley couldn’t even be arsed to tweet by herself. She just retweeted MPG, and called it a day.

Id have totally had sex with the older Screech .

r78 It wasn't on cable, it was an NBC Saturday morning show that eventually hit syndication.

The costars have all said nice things about him on Twitter, offering condolences, talking about his talent as a comic actor.

I think I read they were probably going to let him do an appearance on Season 2 of Saved by the Bell, so I'm sure they'll all claim that was likely to happen, now that they don't need to allow it to happen.

R34

Not so much as "ignored", but Dustin Diamond feared the PR fuss if he went to hospital or otherwise word got out he was seeking medical care, so he just let things go. That was a huge mistake but in one way or another fairly common, people find lumps on body, changes in moles, feeling out of sorts, etc... but don't want to make a fuss.

It was Dustin Diamond's gf who finally dragged him to seek medical attention, and we know the rest.

Very sad story and end to a man who left this world far too soon.

*RIP*

Elizabeth Berkley posted a touching tribute.

R196 I'm sorry that's idiotic. He avoided seeking medical attention over fear of headlines?

I didn’t even know Donna Summer was dead.

I agree with R181 that the producers/writers made Screech's character the butt of the joke for too long. It reminds me of how stupid the writers always made Rose on 'The Golden Girls'. The difference is Betty White was an established actress who knew how to handle a character like that whereas Diamond was a child star who was stuck as the eternal geek.

Did Dustin ever swordfight cocks with Jaleel White?

[quote]And Betty White is STILL alive.

I'd love for her to become the new Olivia DeHavilland.

R198

That is what late DD and his gf have said, and I don't doubt it is true.

Do some research on late Dustin Diamond's life especially post SBTB and you'll have some answers.

His parents basically blew through all his earnings as a child actor from SBTB. When sitcom ended Dustin Diamond was basically broke and turned to various gigs to make money, none of them largely successful but did land him media coverage (both favorable and not so much). One of those money making ventures gone bad was that tell all book about cast/crew of SBTB which earned him scorn all way around. That bit meant he was never asked back when SBTB rebooted...

Then there was Dustin Diamond's public plea on Howard Stern's radio show to get people to pay $15/each for autographed t-shirts. DD needed to raise funds to keep his home from being foreclosed upon and that was only way he could raise large enough amount of money in time. During that interview DD basically stated he was broke and had few other ways of getting the money.

All this plus more (such as that infamous sex tape) largely yes in DD's mind would draw media attention if word got out he was "ill". No, it doesn't make sense to either you or I, but neither of us were Dustin Diamond...

Like Gary Coleman, Dustin Diamond joins a not so short list of child actors whose fortunes were badly used by their parents. One thought CA had laws about such things, but apparently not.

OTOH you look at Bill Mumy whose parents not only largely left his child actor earnings alone, but saved/invested wisely on their son's behalf.

You like saying his full name, don’t you?

R204

Make up your mind gramps. If abbreviations are used too often people on DL moan, use full names and people like you moan. It must be tiresome being old with nothing else to do but troll internet forums looking for things to correct and or complain about.

Really? You’re not serious.

Have you ever read anything? Once you establish the person there’s no reason to consistently say the full name. You easily could’ve said Dustin OR Diamond. You didn’t have to constantly refer to him as “late Dustin Diamond.” That’s just pure idiocy.

We have much higher standards here than your typical home of Facebook.

Am I the only person who can't remember a single plot to a SBTB episode? Except for the Jessie addicted to caffeine pills one.

R207 I remember one with some kind of misunderstanding and a lesson learned at the end.

Diamond was not a girl's best friend.

I remember Jessie’s hot step-brother with the great 1992 hair and colorful sweater!

Pics, r210?

Would love to see that.

This guy's cute but maybe I asm thinking of someone else... with the sweater.

This explains what happened to him. Very sad.

i've been avoiding this post because i didn't like him and thought he was a jerk. but it does suck he died from cancer.

Mark-Paul speaks, the day after Dustin’s death.

I need Mark-Paul to rearrange my insides.

For you, R216:

RIP

The thing is that it was a show you jerked off to when you were 12 or 13 and there was no other option. I’d never call the show beloved, it’s probably the worst successful sitcom in history. But it had magnetism.

But Screech never fit in. He was the uggo that got beaten on as a character and probably in real life by his much hotter cast mates.

Dustin Diamond suffered from Eve Plumb syndrome.

R200, Betty suffered fools gladly on GG. The jokes about her intelligence were ironic because Betty was no dummy off screen.

My sympathy always went to Bea, who was the brunt of every ugly, mannish and humpback joke. That stuff really hurt her feelings.

He had the kind of features that look better on a middle-aged guy, than a young guy.

Yeah, he did the book, but I can imagine how they treated him during and after the show. I'm sure that he and Lark had each other's backs because they were considered second string and treated as such. He had to feel CRAZY resentment to even consider writing that book. I mean...MPG and Mario Lopez were treated like gods, the ladies like princesses, and Dustin was treated like...Screech.

Hell, the crew probably referred to him as Screech behind his back

Dustin will be cremated.

Were you there or something, r222? You seemed to think you have developed quite an understanding of the circumstances surrounding the SBTB cast dynamics.

R224 REALLY? This ain't the riddle of the Sphinx, dude.

How about it's common sense? Do you really think famous teenagers who spend hours a day on the same set act any differently than regular teens in Jr High or High school? You clearly haven't read or listened to any interviews with actors who starred on TV shows about adolescence WHILE actually going through adolescence. Cliques develop and people are left out. Those who are left out--get older and write books about it. Like Dustin Diamond.

I mean...what are you on about?

[quote] Those who are left out--get older and write books about it. Like Dustin Diamond.

Dustin said he didn’t write that book and it was mostly fiction, so I don’t know what you’re on about. You don’t have any better idea of what went on behind the SBTB scenes than any other rando. You’re just speculating and generalizing, making baseless accusations.

I didn't know he died

Well, he is.