Actor Dustin Diamond is dead. The TV star died at the age of 44.
Im diagnosed with cancer only three weeks earlier.
Actor Dustin Diamond died at the age of 44.
Diamond became a child star through his role on the sitcom "California High School".
The actor was diagnosed with cancer just a few weeks ago.
Los Angeles - Mourning the US actor
Dustin Diamond
: The former child star from the hit sitcom
"California High School" died
on Monday at the age of 44.
This was announced by his spokesman.
Diamond had only recently been diagnosed with cancer.
It was only three weeks ago that the "brutal, relentless and malignant cancer" was diagnosed at Diamond, according to a message that was available to the German press agency.
The actor has now also died from this ailment.
Diamond became famous for his iconic student role as
Samuel "Screech" Powers
in the teen series "California High School" (US title: "Saved by the Bell").
In more than 80 episodes, Diamond played the nerdy but lovable student between 1989 and 1993. He also
took on this role
in
sequels
, including "California Highschool 2" (1993-2000).
Dustin Diamond: “California High School” star dies - companions and co-stars say goodbye
Past co-stars brought to mind Diamond and his biggest TV role.
"Beverly Hills, 90210" star
Tori Spelling
mourned her first
television love afterwards.
"Dustin gave me the first kiss in front of the camera," wrote Spelling about her guest appearance at the age of 14
in the role of friend Violet.
She was very unsure as a newcomer, but Diamond
behaved
like a young gentleman
, Spelling wrote on
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Other actor companions from "California High School" said goodbye on social media.
"Dustin, you will be missed," wrote
Mario Lopez
on Instagram for several photos of himself and Diamond.
Tiffani Thiessen
posted there that she was "deeply sad" about the death of her former co-star.
Mark-Paul Gosselaar
praised the actor as a "true comedy genius".
In Germany, too, a popular actor and “Traumschiff” star was recently mourned.
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