‘Saved by the Bell’ star Dustin Diamond has stage 4 cancer

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Dustin Diamond, best known to the public for playing Screech, a high school geek during the original series of Saved by the bell, was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer after seeing a doctor for “a huge lump on the throat”. The actor’s representative said THAT ONE that he is currently undergoing chemotherapy in Florida and will remain hospitalized “for a period of time” while the tests continue. “He was pacing back and forth, feeling drowsy and tired,” the rep said. “On top of all that, he also has shingles, so he suffered a lot. Diamond, who has recently been plagued by legal troubles and did not appear in Peacock’s Critically Adored Saved by the Bell revival, has received public words of support from former Bayside castmates Mario Lopez and Tiffani Thiessen. “I hooked up with Dustin earlier tonight and while the news of his diagnosis is heartbreaking, we remain confident that he will overcome this,” Lopez wrote on social media, with Thiessen adding in an Instagram story, “I think of you, Dustin. “