LOS ANGELES — Dennis Haskins, who is best known for his role on the hit sitcom “Saved By The Bell,” has died at 75, his agent confirmed to ABC News.<\/p>\n
“It’s a tragic loss. Everyone loved Mr. Belding and those of us who got to know Dennis, loved him even more. He was a great person, and he loved, I mean absolutely LOVED his fans. He always had time for them, no matter what,” his agent Jay Schachter said.<\/p>\n
Haskins’ cause of death has not been released.<\/p>\n
He played Principal Richard Belding on three separate shows. First in the Disney Channel show “Good Morning, Miss Bliss” in 1989, which was later recreated into NBC’s “Saved By The Bell.”<\/p>\n
He starred on “Saved By The Bell” through the show’s four-season run, from 1989 to 1993 and later reprised the role for “Saved by the Bell: The New Class,” which ran for seven seasons from 1993 to 2000.<\/p>\n
“Saved By The Bell” is among the defining sitcoms of the 90s, following a group of high school students as they navigate adolescence. Fans of the show will remember Principal Belding’s catchphrase “Hey, hey, hey, what is going on here?”<\/p>\n
The last time Haskins played the famed principal was in 2015 when the cast — Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Elizabeth Berkley, Mario Lopez and Tiffani Thiessen — reunited for a “Saved By The Bell” sketch on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”<\/p>\n
Haskins’ other TV and film roles include appearances on “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” “A Million Ways to Die in the West,” “Men of a Certain Age, “The Bold and the Beautiful,” “Victorious,” “Mad Men,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “New Girl” and”Hot In Cleveland,” among others.<\/p>\n
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