American actor Dustin Diamond, who played Screech in the popular TV series ‘Saved by the Bell’ (‘Saved by the Bell’) is hospitalized in Florida (USA), according to specialized media on Tuesday.
Diamond, 44, was admitted to a hospital in the state over the weekend after suffering pain all over his body and general malaise, according to TMZ, which added that his environment was finds worried that it may be some kind of cancer.
The actor’s representative confirmed to Hollywood Life media that the performer is hospitalized and noted that “at this point they are doing more tests to determine ‘the diagnosis.
According to TMZ, among the various exams Diamond has undergone is a biopsy.
He detailed that the concern that he suffers from some type of cancer is due to the fact that in his family there is a history in this regard, including his mother who died of breast cancer.
The performer, who played the character Samuel ‘Screech’ Powers, is part of the original cast of the popular 1990s series’ Saved by the Bell ‘, which had 4 seasons, and integrated the’ spin -off ” Saved by the Bell: The College Years’
Diamond was the only member of the original cast who was not called for the relaunch of the series last year via the Peacock platform, although the other actors noted that the door was open.
After the end of the series his personal life has gone through some ups and downs.
In 2015 he was sentenced to four months in prison for an altercation in Wisconsin with a stabbing in the middle and five years earlier he faced difficulties in paying his mortgage.
In 2009, he published a biography, ‘Behind the Bell’, in which he did not paint a kind portrait of his former co-stars, which he would later regret, as he confessed in 2016 in an interview he gave to Mario López, who it was precisely part of the show.
Diamond confessed to his ex-partner that the book was written by another person who interviewed him and then fabricated many of the allegations poured into the publication and that had to do with drugs and sex.