The Daily Dish – Tuesday, February 2

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Former Saved by the Bell star Dustin Diamond has died. He was just 44.
Diamond had stage-four lung cancer, and after the news broke just last month, his condition had rapidly worsened in the past week. According to TMZ, his girlfriend was at his side when he passed. He did not have any children.
In a statement, his team said, “Dustin did not suffer. He did not have to lie submerged in pain. For that, we are grateful.”
Diamond rose to fame on the teen comedy but led a rockier adult life, directing and possibly starring in a sex tape, and spending a few months in prison. His Saved by the Bell co-star Mario Lopez tweeted, “Dustin, you will be missed my man. The fragility of this life is something never to be taken for granted. Prayers for your family will continue on…”

Shock Rocker Marilyn Manson has been accused of abuse by Evan Rachel Wood and three other women.
The women made their claims in Instagram posts on Monday morning, with Wood stating that Manson “started grooming me when I was a teenager and horrifically abused me for years. I was brainwashed and manipulated into submission. I am done living in fear of retaliation, slander or blackmail. I am here to expose this dangerous man and call out the many industries that have enabled him, before he ruins any more lives. I stand with the many victims who will no longer be silent.”
The other three women, Sarah McNeilyAshley Morgan and a person just going by Gabriella, posted their own experiences with Manson after Wood’s post.
In a post on Instagram yesterday, Manson wrote, “Obviously, my art and my life have long been magnets for controversy, but these recent claims about me are horrible distortions of reality. My intimate relationships have always been entirely consensual with like-mind partners. Regardless of how – and why – others are now choosing to misrepresent the past, that is the truth.”

Prince Harry has scored a victory against the media.
He was awarded an apology and “substantial” damages from the Mail on Sunday and MailOnline for accusing him of ghosting the British armed forces after stepping away from the Royal Family.
Harry sued the publisher, Associated Newspapers, over two recent articles that claimed that he had “not been in touch” with the Royal Marines and that they wanted to strip him of his Captain General title.
At a remote hearing at London’s High Court on Monday, his lawyer, Jenny Afia, called the allegations “false” and said that “the baseless, false and defamatory stories published in the Mail on Sunday and on the website MailOnline constituted not only a personal attack upon the Duke’s character but also wrongly brought into question his service to this country.”
The publisher agreed to pay substantial damages, she said, although the amount was not disclosed. Harry will donate the money to the Invictus Games Foundation.