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His Train Has Gone Off The Track

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[Blind Gossip] We’ve talked to you before about this former TV actor and how different his current life is from his former life.

He is a comedic actor who is best known for a quirky and iconic role he had on a sitcom in the 1990s.

He experienced a series of personal problems that led to a string of unfortunate events.

His issues persisted over many years.

He was such a mess, in fact, that when he former cast mates got together to do a revival of the series, they left our actor out in the cold. Yes, even though he was one of the principals of the original production!

We told you that he ran out of job prospects and money and wound up moving back in with his parents.

However, that seemed to spark a positive change in him. Living with them was going well. He seemed sober and happy.

Unfortunately, he has gone off the track again.

He was recently drinking with a group of people in a warm weather state.

Went to a party at [redacted’s] house in [redacted] and couldn’t believe [Actor] was there! I used to watch his show in the 90s.

We got to party hard with him for hours. 

Nice guy, but, man, he is an absolute train wreck!

Darn. Just when we thought he had cleaned up.

We wonder if his sobriety came to a screeching halt because he was rejected from the revival of the show that made him famous?

Here’s hoping his train has just temporarily derailed and Actor can get back on track soon!

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Actor/TV Show:

[Optional] What’s it going to take to save him?

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Actor/TV Show: Dustin Diamond/Saved By The Bell

We have some sad news to report.

Dustin Diamond, best known for playing Screech in the sitcom Saved By The Bell, has passed away at the age of 44.

This was the second time we had written about Dustin Diamond lately.

The first was the blind item His Life Is Very Different Now where we talked about how Diamond had sobered up and was living with his family in Florida in October 2020.

Unfortunately, he relapsed not long after that and was back to partying in November 2020.

Then he was admitted to the hospital in January 2021 in severe pain.

At the time, we did not know if his hospitalization was related to his habits or if was an entirely separate matter.

Unfortunately, he received a diagnosis of Stage Four cancer. He began chemotherapy but it was too late.

Dustin Diamond passed away today.

From CNN:

Dustin Diamond, ‘Saved by the Bell’ star, dead at 44

Dustin Diamond, who played the role of Screech on the popular 1990s high school comedy “Saved by the Bell,” died Monday after a recent cancer diagnosis, according to Diamond’s manager, Roger Paul.

He was 44. Diamond first shared news of his cancer diagnosis last month.

At the time, his manager said his client’s health was “serious” and that Diamond was undergoing further testing at a Florida hospital. He underwent his first round of chemotherapy days later. 
 
An actor and stand-up comedian, Diamond found fame playing Samuel “Screech” Powers for more than a decade on the “Saved by the Bell” franchise.

The teen series was recently reimagined by the Peacock streaming service with some of the original stars, though not Diamond.

Diamond was the only original cast mate who was not asked to participate in the revival in some way.

He stirred controversy with his 2009 book “Behind the Bell,” in which Diamond shared backstage stories about shooting the series with some of his accounts being less than flattering to his costars.

He also faced some legal troubles, serving three months in jail for stabbing a man during a 2014 altercation at a bar in Wisconsin.

The actor has appeared in a number of reality shows over the years, including “Celebrity Fit Club,” “Celebrity Boxing 2” and “Celebrity Championship Wrestling.” In 2018, he appeared as his “Saved by the Bell” character in the Funny or Die series, “Zack Morris Is Trash.”

Here’s Dustin Diamond looking confident in Celebrity Boxing 2:

Diamond’s “Save by the Bell” costars, Mario Lopez and Tiffany Thiessen, paid tribute to the late actor on Instagram.

“Dustin, you will be missed my man,” Lopez wrote. “The fragility of this life is something never to be taken for granted. Prayers for your family will continue on.”

Here’s a photo of Dustin Diamond and Mario Lopez during an interview Diamond did with Lopez for Extra TV a few years ago.

“I am deeply saddened by I the news of my old co-star @realdustindiamond passing,” Thiessen wrote. “Life is extremely fragile and it’s something we should never take for granted. God speed Dustin.

Dustin Diamond was a talented actor who created a very memorable character in a classic sitcom.

Our condolences to the Diamond family.

Related: His Life Is Very Different Now

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Comments

  1. northernlight says

    Does anyone else think it’s weird that Mario and Tiffany’s memorial tweets are almost identical?

    • Deal With It says

      I thought it was weird when I saw the tweets and felt like Tiffani’s was fake as heck. And Mark Paul Gosselaar posted a heartfelt message yet when asked in an interview he said he hadn’t spoken to Dustin since 1994. That’s sad.

  2. ItsBouquet says

    I’m sad to hear to be died, especially before he could get his life turned around. RIP x

  3. butwhytho says

    Dustin Diamond. Initially thought Matthew Perry but remembered he has a sweet crib in Malibu. Def not his moms house.

    Clue : Screeching and Principal, references to save by the bell.

  4. ivyleaguer says

    Dustin Diamond. Screech. How did anyone think this was Matthew Perry when the “screeching halt” reference made this very clear?

  5. HWeasley says

    People saying Matthew Perry- he’s secured a role in a film starring Meryl Streep and Leonardo Di Caprio so I wouldn’t call that running out of opportunities

  6. butwhatever says

    Dustin Diamond, of course, but I’m just chiming in to say “Thanks for nothing!” to the people who were ‘partying hard’ with him. Sure, it’s his own job to stay sober, but if you thought he was such a nice guy, maybe support that?

  7. CaintGetEnuff says

    Not Matthew Perry. It is definitely Dustin Diamond from “Saved By The Bell”.
    His sobriety came to a screeching halt – he was Screech

  9. EmilyLou says

    Screech from Saved By The Bell.

    They really should’ve included him. Maybe added a sobriety clause in the contract.

  12. itsjustanothergirl says

    Dustin Diamond

    Rock bottom is either gonna turn him around or he’s gonna stay there.

  17. kurlykolly says

    Dustin Diamond
    Saved by the Bell
    He’s had troubles with being on the straight n narrow.

  27. Erioku says

    Screech, saved by the bell.

    What a shame. He always struck me as a nice guy. Perhaps a kind girlfriend could straighten him out but I imagine it’s hard to find someone if partying so hard

  28. angelbratt says

    Dustin screech diamond

    Saved by the bell.

    Optional: Unfortunately, I don’t think he will stop abusing drugs or alcohol until he dies.

  29. silence1534 says

    Dustin Diamond

    He has to want it for himself, nobody can make him get healthy. Addiction is not a joke. Hopefully he has a good support system that can help him and be understanding that relapses are very common, but not the end of recovery.

  30. princesa6285 says

    Aw 🙁 so sad! I want the best for these folks. And for everyone. Wish life didn’t have to be so hard.

  35. aaaLiam says

    Dustin Diamond. He’s so gross, and really once he started and ended puberty his Screech persona was uncomfortably unfunny. Glad he wasn’t brought back. He’d bring the show down.

  41. AmateurGossipHour says

    Dustin Diamond
    Saved by the Bell
    There needs to come a point where he wants to save himself, his friends and family can’t exactly tie him down.

  42. amagod121 says

    Dustin Diamond, Saved by the Bell.

    Optnl: I could make a stupid joke about it taking the Bell to save him, but I won’t. 😲🙄 (Okay, I did.) Seriously, I don’t think that people can be saved from themselves unless they have a catastrophe or near catastrophe happen in their life that involves them in their addiction(s) to hopefully awaken them.

  44. SueSue says

    Dustin Diamond, Saved By the Bell. I don’t know what it would take to save him. Addiction is an awful, lifelong battle.

  49. SilverLining says

    Dustin Diamond

    He needs to really let go of the past. It would do it like Janet Hubert did with Will Smith but I am absolutely sure that ship has sailed for any reconciliation between he and his former Saved ByThe Bell castmates. That ‘tell all’ book ruined any chance of that no matter how much he denounces it now. So he needs to really needs to get that out of his system and a LOT of rehab. If there’s any chance of a showbiz career he needs to completely RE-BRAND AFTER he’s better.

  51. GretaGuesses says

    Dustin Diamond.

    He has to hit his bottom, and unfortunately, sometimes the “bottom” is death. Very sad.

  53. Monysmom says

    Dustin Diamond from Saved by the Bell. he needs a long term residential treatment center stay

  57. TeaDrinker says

    Dustin Diamond he played Screech on Saved By the Bell (screeching was a clue).

    Optional: Only he can save himself. You can’t force sobriety on people.

  58. jonty30 says

    Dustin needs to get past it and return to school. It is too bad he wasn’t properly councilled on how to begin a new life.

  62. badgerette85 says

    Awww….this makes me sad. Matthew Perry from Friends

    He needs to surround himself with family/friends that will support him in his pursuit to remain sober and keep up with AA program or the such. Stay away from the enablers and partiers… learn to deal with the rejections in more healthy ways. As a person of faith, I believe God is more powerful than our greatest weakness.

  66. BlackEyedSusan says

    Matthew Perry. He needs to accept and acknowledge that he has a serious problem or else no amount of money or rehab can save him.