Dustin Diamond, who played the role of Screech on the popular 1990s high school comedy Saved by the Bell died on Monday after a recent cancer diagnosis. Diamond, 44, was diagnosed with stage 4 small cell carcinoma - commonly referred to as lung cancer – three weeks ago.

He had recently started chemotherapy treatment but his health declined sharply in recent days and he was taken off breathing machines as he was being moved into hospice care. He died on Monday morning in a Florida hospital.