Mario Lopez Says Dustin Diamond Was ‘Optimistic’ Before His Death, Discussed Working Together Again

Mario Lopez is remembering his final conversation with his former Saved By the Bell co-star Dustin Diamond.

Mario Lopez is looking back on Dustin Diamond, his late "Saved by the Bell" co-star. Diamond died at the age of 44 on Monday "due to carcinoma," his rep told Fox News.

Mario Lopez has urged people not to take life for granted following the death of his "little brother" Dustin Diamond. The 44-year-old actor passed away on Monday (01.

Tributes have poured in for Dustin Diamond on social media following news of the Saved By the Bell actor’s death. Co-star Mario Lopez, who played AC Slater on the beloved teen sitcom, wrote, “Dustin, you will be missed my man. The fragility of this life is something never to be taken for granted.

Remembering his friend. Mario Lopez opened up about the death of his former Saved by the Bell costar Dustin Diamond during the Monday, February 1, episode of Access Hollywood, hours after news broke that the actor had lost his battle with cancer.

Dustin Diamond briefly left the hospital and went home only to be rushed back to the emergency room in pain days before his death from cancer on Monday, February 1.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVMario Lopez and Dustin Diamond first met on the set of Saturday morning sitcom “Saved by the Bell” in the late 1980s and worked together for four years on that show, plus another on the “College Years” spinoff. Lopez was a cool jock named A.C.

Dustin Diamond’s death at the age of 44 traveled quickly Monday, with celebrities and friends from the actor’s career offering memories and eulogies for the “Saved by the Bell” star. “Dustin, you will be missed my man,” Diamond’s “Saved by the Bell” co-star Mario Lopez wrote on Twitter.

Star of Saved by the Bell, Dustin Diamond has sadly died aged 44.

Saying goodbye. Dustin Diamond, best known for playing Samuel “Screech” Powers on Saved by the Bell, died on Monday, February 1, after a battle with stage IV lung cancer. The actor was 44.

Dustin Diamond's former castmates are speaking out after his death. The actor, who starred as Screech on the '90s sitcom, died at age 44 on Monday, three weeks after being diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, a member of his team confirmed to ET. TMZwas the first to report the news.Following Diamond's death, his co-stars took to social media to remember him.On Twitter, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, 's Zack Morris, wrote that he was «deeply saddened» by Diamond's death, adding that the late actor was «a true

Dustin played the beloved charecter Screech on Saved By the Bell In that time, it managed to spread rapidly throughout his system; the only mercy it exhibited was its sharp and swift execution. Dustin did not suffer.

Dustin Diamond has died following a cancer battle, ET can confirm. He was 44 years old.

Mario Lopez is the first of the Saved By the Bell core cast to react to the death of Dustin Diamond.