The Cremation of Screech 

Not wanting a grave because you think people are going to vandalise it is incredibly sad.

For some of the young folks out there, "Saved by the Bell" was a hit show back then. The 90s were the years.

Hard to believe I was 25 when Saved By The Bell came on. And now I am 60. Wow. RIP Screech. Thanks for the memories.

I bought one of those shirts. Paid like $20 plus like $7 shipping. He signed the shirt, and a simple hand written note thanking me for the support. So he actually followed up with the shirt. Hope dude is resting comfortably. Live life folks we don’t know when our time is up.

Thank you for treating him with kindness. His life was a whirlwind and I’m sure he had great disappointments but we loved him 😢

Dustins brother died when he was 2 and his mother died in 1996 when she was only 50, he was still very young when he lost his mother and his father was pretty much absent, sad life and Im sad he was so scared, I hope he is resting in peace

I'm a hospice nurse and the young ones tend to struggle. They tend to be in otherwise good health and aren't' ready to die. It's really sad.

Hello Lamont, it has been over 7 years since my son passed away at 25. I’ll never ever be the same again, but he would want me to always be my best

Met the guy when he lived in Wisconsin at a Walmart. I yell Screech!!! He ran towards me with his arms open and said Bill!! Lol. After the hug, I said, "Who's Bill!! Im Dale, then we had a good laugh a hung out for a little bit. Great dude😂😂😂😂

Met Dustin at Fanboy Expo in Knoxville, he had already been on the Celebrity Fit Club show and Wrestling. I asked him if he was an actual asshole or just played one on tv and his answer to me was " somebody's got to play the asshole". He was very nice, posed with my special needs son ( for free) which is rare now a days at conventions. He didn't have many people visit his table but I am glad we stopped and talked and got an autograph. I had forgotten what year it was, I thought it was around 2018 time frame but Fanboy Expo only shows him there in 2014, seems so long ago. Thank you Lamont for doing this vlog.

I watched saved by the Bell religiously, most because of the girls. When I found out about Dustin, i had a hard time wrapping my head around it. He was only 44. I my self was diagnosed with stage 3 Colon Cancer in 2021 I did 6 months chemo by IV. Then in 2022 it moved to my liver they removed 5% of my liver to remove a tennis ball sized tumor. Then on 2023 they found a dime sized tumor on my Spleen. They did cryoablation surgery to kill the tumor. Now it's 2024 and I'm doing great just turned 55 on June 2nd. It just makes me think all these young people passing from all kinds of cancer. Then there's me I get it 3 times in 3 different spots and I'm still here thankfully by the grace of God. RIP Dustin Diamond (Screech Powers)

I saw Screech at an event in Indiana a few years before he passed. He was so friendly. A really nice great guy❤

Lisa looked like a Barbie doll, and Kelly was beautiful too. Both beautiful, but Lisa was naturally stunning.

Did Screech know/see more than he was supposed too? Knowing what we know now about Hollywierd? All will be revealed.

I never watched the show but it seems he was another child actor that wasn't prepared for life after acting. It breaks my heart to hear that he was afraid and didn't want to die. Forty four years is way too young and cancer sucks!! I watched my sister die from it at 52 and in pain. We need to do better for Cancer patients. RIP Dustin ❤

I was diagnosed with an incurable blood cancer (Multiple Myeloma) in May 2020. It's most commonly found in 70 year old black men but I seem to be in that 1%. I was only 39 then and that diagnosis turned my world upside down. I've done heavy rounds of chemo and I had a stem cell transplant. It was really rough for 3 years but I'm in a much better place. There is no cure but it can be managed. I have a lot of life to live. I was lucky to have been diagnosed as a simple test on my bloodwork is what tipped the nurse off. And next thing you know, I'm doing 8 hour chemo treatments two days a week. I had leg pain 2 years prior which docs had attributed it to back issues. It turned out I had cancer in my leg. Luckily we've been able to treat it and get me in a good place. I'm with Lamont on this. If you have any signs, symptoms, pain or even if you just don't feel right, get checked. Cancer can be invisible and not show itself till it's too late. I wouldn't wish that I'm going through on anyone. Poor Dustin, I can only imagine what he went through. RIP Screech ❤

RIP Dustin Diamond if only the Bell could have saved him from his illness. He really wad the highlight of that show one of them

Thanks for letting us know what happed to Screech.

I lost my brother to cancer..R.I.P And blessings...in Gods hands now. Thanks for the memories ..

RIP 🙏 Dustin. It was nice to meet you back in 2017 while you toured comedy..you deserved better respect n credit

I thought Kelly Kapowski's character was a beautiful girl, who was humble, which I appreciated.

Rest in Peace Dustin! He had many trials and made it through. May he rest in heaven 🙏🏼💓

Dustin was living in an apartment complex in Peoria, Illinois, when he was affiliated with Insurance King. After he died, Mario Lopez was the only SBTB cast member to issue a sincere statement.

Poor guy, that's horrible 💔 I really really REALLY hate cancer 😢

Dustin was interviewed by Mario Lopez and apologized for what he did and came clean. So Dustin and Mario reconciled, and I believe he must have reconciled with the other cast members because they did a tribute segment for Dustin/Screech on the newest Saved by the Bell show.

Dustin diamond Samuel screech powers 1977-2021 rest in peace amen

I never knew they cremated screech, I thought he had a regular funeral ⚱️. May he rest in peace 🕊️.

They had 3 different Saved By the Bell shows. One is about junior high school, second one is about high school, and the third one is about college.

LAMONT, I have made a Similar comment years ago on your channel, but I will REITERATE: It is Obvious that you are Motivated by LOVE for your Fellow Travelers whether they are Celebrities or not. All can SEE that GOD has Inspired You with the EMPATHY that can ONLY come from the DIVINE ‼️✡️✝️🛐☪️🙏🏼🕊️❤ Sholem Aleichem ‼️👍🏼 RIP DUSTIN 😌❤

Death isn’t something to fear. Our day will come.

My friends Shannon and Sheila Mullins cremated Dustin. Dude, you're in my hometown. I've messaged you before. No one has ever done a piece on The Lords of Chaos. (Fort Myers teens) Look it up. It would be one of your best stories, no doubt. Also, Mindy McCreedy is buried nearby in Alva, in a super tiny cemetery. If you need help, info, whatever, let me know. I've lived here all of my life. I am a Remax agent, and I can fill you in on whatever you need. If you comment, I can send my contact info if you need help or resources.

I just looked it up, he actually passed away on February 1st 2021, the same day I had my Colon Cancer surgery for Stage 3. I had 23 staples starting from the bottom of my chest plate all the way down past my belly button. RIP Dustin. Dustin Diamond also had a older brother Ryan who passed away in 1983 at age 8 of a heart condition. He's mother Jaimee passed away in 1996 of Breast cancer at age 50.

Screech got the Gilligan treatment, hard to play anything else after that happens

Never watched SBTB as a kid. Couldn't do it... Just couldn't fathom watching a show about school after school at home... (If that makes any sense)

Man.....I had no idea. Sad to hear when people pass so young, especially when you grew up with them and now they are no longer with us. RIP Screech.

He did not smoke. He believed that the cancer was caused by exposure to mold and asbestos in cheap hotels where he stayed while touring as a stand-up comic.

Great storytelling for this one Lamont! I love the empathy you demonstrated towards Dustin.

Hayley Mills was also in the original parent trap from 1961. She was a child actor and was in a bunch of shows and movies.

I met Dustin Diamond in the late 90’s at the Roxy in Hollywood we chatted a little because he asked my friend for a cigarette. He was with a friend who was also really nice who was in a local band called, flow I believe they were very nice may he rest in peace

RIP Dustin. My friend was brutally murdered in Cape Coral. His name was Nick Rainey😢 Rest easy Nicky 😢❤

Well, just for information about cancer; this disease is terrible because many times people have it and don't know about it unless something happens and you end up discovering it by accident. Most people discover it when it is already in advanced stage. I discovered I had cancer in a jeep trip. Since it is a hard car and my friend drove it on some lumps and holes on the street, it shook so hard that the carcinoma/tumor dislocated. It was kidney cancer and my appendix was also a tumor. It was such a horrible pain I cannot describe it. And as soon as I came back home I surged for a doctor who immediately asked for medical exams. Operation took 5 house and I lost part of intestine and 1 kidney. No quimotherapy needed cause I discovered soon by accident. Today after 3 years and 500 stitches I'm great. Thanks God. Annual check ups are very importa, specially for those who have a family member with that illness. Cancer is a genetic illness, can pass from father/mother to son/daughter. Be aware.

He died of non smoking lung cancer. RIP Dustin.

Im a Hospice Nurse and have had patients from 6mos old to 107 yeard old and the primary goal is keeping them comfortable but with younger patients they dont want Morphine, Fentanyl or Loraepam which is their right but one thing these drugs do is to make the passing worry free. Thay has always been odd to me. It seems like 95% of older people arent scared of death and are actually wanting it. If you have good social workers or a good bereavement counselor the passing is worry free

Lamont, I didn’t know this actor had passed. Thank you for this video, and all your compassionate videos, of those who have passed on.

Nobody knew Zach Morris was half Asian 😆, I def didn't, Genetics are crazy tho, my daughter half black but she look 100 light skin Latina

He claimed he never smoked cigarettes. Dustin claimed it came from mold or asbestos. I remember the story quite well. My mom had stage 4 lung cancer. She had the same symptoms as Dustin Diamond. She died at age 49.

Saved by the Bell was my favorite Saturday morning show when I was super young! RIP Dustin Diamond 🙏

His father screwed Dustin over financial wise. The father put Dustin in his financial ruin leaving Dustin the burden.

Rest in Peace Dustin Diamond... Thanks for sharing Lamont!!!!

I just wanted to shout out Lamont and say thank you for these videos, and even more thanks for being genuine!

Don't forget about the Las Vegas wedding special between Zach and Kelly. I was an adolescent girl in the mid 90s. I taped it. Lol. Lots of my friends did. Screech was great in it. He was Zach's best man.

Screech! Man, when he died I couldn’t believe it. Wasn’t old at all specially these days. Rip

Loved it here in England, we used to get it in the school holidays in the mornings. Hayley Mills, daughter of the juggernaught Sir John Mills , did superbly well out of Disney throughout her life. Lamont makes a good point about typecasting. Some similarities with Dana Plato. RIP.

Saved by the Bell knocked it out of the park with beautiful girls. Tiffany Amber Theisen is one of the most beautiful women EVER! Her role in the movie Ladys Man, wow. Elizabeth Berkeley is also a very beautiful woman still getting alot of roles. Larke Vorhees didn't do well after the show.

You explain things very well. I’ve been watching your channel several years and you never disappoint

Please, people always get any lumps checked immediately. I've just been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer from a lump on my jaw in my mouth.

Very emotional for Lamont, he thought about these women a lot when he was a younger man. 😂

I worked for Ticketmaster in the early 2000's, Dustin Diamond was trying to do stand up comedy. I remember this specifically because he had two shows for a comedy club in Chicago, and that was the only events ever that I remember did not sell any tickets. Zero

My ex gf had a run in with screech at a water park many years ago. She described him as aggressive and rude.

In 1993 I met Mark Paul Gosalaar when he was a student skydive at Air AdventuresWest in Taft California

Thank you for sharing this story with us and may he rest in peace 🙏 very sad that he didn't go to the doctor sooner 😢

I am 52 and I loved Saved By The Bell and I absolutely loved SHOWGIRLS. It's a cult classic.

I just cremated my mom. We are still planning her funeral. She was 83. Even though she was ready, I would have done anything to keep her here. Dustin was too young to go like that.

Good show. Can't imagine anyone doing Dustin any better than that. He still lives on every Sunday morning on METV. Thanks Lamont.

Great words brother. I have been fortunate to work in music videos, tv shows and live performances with some major players while also struggling in between gigs so I really appreciate what you said.

Dustin Diamonds real life father guest starred on an episode. It was from the first season when Screech tutors Kelly in science and Zach is jealous so he tells everyone they're getting married. Dustins father plays their science teacher! They even have matching fros!

"Showgirls" has since become a cult classic but not in a good way LOL.

As far as smoking, Frank Zappa said it best, he died of rectal colon cancer and was a smoker. "The cancer is in my ass, not in my lungs." I am not condoning smoking, but I believe there is a genetic predisposition to cancer. What a sad story, poor thing.

Screech was on howard stern several times and always claimed his mom and dad spent all his money except for what was required by law to be put away for him for when he turned 18 but his dad always denied it and even lived with dustin at one point. so weird Dustin also alienated all his cast mates with stories that some turned out to be lies and some true so idk if he was honest about his money or not

You did a great job - this series was beloved from what I’ve heard. Ciao Screech - u did it - u experienced the most frightening thing - passing on would be so scary - recognise the bravery going through it.

As much as I love Skreech, Steve Urkel was definitely the most popular nerd on tv. He even had his own action figure and cartoon

Yes, that's what struck me when I read about Dustin Diamond-how young he was when he developed and died of lung cancer. His cancer sounded almost identical to that of a former baseball player & Cincinnati Reds manager named Fred Hutchinson. He was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 44, when he went to have a lump looked at medically- that had been on his neck for a while. He lived approximately 11 months from the time he was diagnosed, until he passed away at the age of 45. In Washington the Fred Hutchinson cancer research center was started by his surviving brother who was a physician and wanted to do something to memorialize his brother.

I saw Mark Paul Gossler on Law and Order SVU. SO sad about Dustin Diamond. Left too soon. Thanks for doing a broadcast about him.

I watched every single episode, all the way up through the college years, over and over. It used to come on Saturday mornings. It's sad that Dustin Diamond died so young.

I met Dustin Diamond in 2002. He was very kind and funny, but his manager wouldn't leave his side and I found that to be very odd; it was almost as if he was being controlled. He made it very clear that he hated the Screech character.

I met him about 20 years ago. He was polite but weird.

I grew up watching saved by the bell every morning before school. Rest in paradise Dustin

Every Saturday i watched saved by the bell, it was at the end of the Saturday morning line up. Those were the day. How sad that he was so scared

Thank you Lamont for another insightful story on Dustin. It was sad that he thought that after he passed his resting place would be vandalized. Hopefully he found peace. Love and prayer to your readers that shared their personal experiences with cancer and loss. 🙏✝❤

Thank you for all you do !! We appreciate all your hard work ,and know you are loved❤ Take Care of yourself out there.😊

Very respectfully done Lamont.

I grew up with saved by the bell, Lisa was my favorite. Rest In Peace to the best nerd in the world Dustin Diamond

Lisa was the prettiest one that's the reason why I like the show.

I remember playing saved by the bell in kindergarten 30 yrs ago, and my so called friends ALWAYS made me be fugging screech

I used to work in a funeral home, and that absolutely for sure is a cremation stack on the roof.

You did a nice job and kind words. Rip Dustin Diamond.

😮I'd also read where Christopher Reeve's wife had died of lung cancer, like Dustin, who'd reportedly didn't smoke, either. The suspected reason for her diagnosis, if I remember correctly,was due to the insulation in their home.

Once again, presenting a sensitive subject with respect and decorum. Thank you

Me and my oldest daughter saw him years ago and had to have been about 15 years ago. It was in Glendale, California we were picking out glasses for my daughter. We bumped into him seem like a very nice guy when someone approached him if he was an actor and he said yes, I am screech. He didn't go by his name Dustin diamond because basically that's how they knew him by his name, but like I said, he seemed like a very nice guy rest in peace.🙏🏼

Hayley Mills was a very popular child actor. "Pollyanna" was her most popular movie. She's the daughter of British actor John Mills.

The best thing I saw him in was celebrity fit club, he antagonized everyone on that show, they all hated him, it made great TV, and he lost the most amount of weight,

Never knew he passed away. RIP!!!

Dustin Diamond, Screech, starred in a series of TV commercials for Insurance King, a Insurance company in the Rockford Illinois area. He was often featured making references to Saved By the Bell with sayings in the commercial like “Saved By the King”.

Yes great show saved by the bell was on sat. Morning on NBC morning and loved Screech loving Lisa. RIP to you funny guy and Lamonte is right as he should still be here.

This was interesting. I didn't know a lot about the Save By The Bell show and Diamonds Cancer issues. Thanks for sharing.

😢❤ Thanks for the video and remembering this young man!

Rest in peace screech 😢

R.I.P. Screech. God bless .

I would watch this show with my young nephews & niece ages 4-6 while I babysat them. I picked them up from school on my way home after work. It was a total bonding session because we all enjoyed the laughs and looked forward to it everyday…and I was in my mid twenties! The characters had appeal and were so likeable. It seems that this was the last innocent show for kids before Nickelodeon and Disney started to insert sexual innuendos in the kids programming. 🤯 RIP Dustin Diamond, you made a lot of kids laugh and even the adults. That is a very noble talent! 🙏🏽

Great video. Saved by the bell was one of my favorite shows growing up. RIP