# Screech to a halt

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screech-to-a-halt/932010>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** celebrity-death\
**Created:** [February 1, 2021, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screech-to-a-halt/932010 "2021-02-01T19:36:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screech-to-a-halt/932010/1 "2021-02-01T19:36:42Z")

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[Dustin Diamond, ‘Saved by the Bell’ star, dead at 44](https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/01/entertainment/dustin-diamond-obit/index.html).

Good ole Screech. Died from cancer that was made public only recently.

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**Author:** ![Scarlax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlax/32/2927_2.png) [@Scarlax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlax)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screech-to-a-halt/932010/2 "2021-02-01T20:36:59Z")

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Troubled soul. RIP Dustin.