Dustin Diamond was set to bring back his Saved By The Bell robot sidekick Kevin for insurance adverts before he died after battle with lung cancer

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Dustin Diamond had plans to bring back Screech's robot sidekick from Saved By The Bell in new adverts, it was revealed on Wednesday.

The actor tragically died on Monday at the age of 44 after a brief battle with stage four lung cancer.

Dustin's friend Dan Block revealed to TMZ that Dustin had been working on making his very own Kevin for Insurance King, and he was set to make adverts alongside the A.I for the company prior to his untimely death.

Plans: Dustin Diamond (pictured in 2016) was set to make his Saved By The Bell robot Kevin for insurance ads before he died after battle with lung cancer, it was revealed on Wednesday

The publication reported that Dustin was originally set to record a number of commercials where Kevin would be introduced to help people save money on their car insurance.

Dustin had previously worked with Insurance King in the past, but was unable to film the new campaign due to his failing health.

Despite Dustin's death, Dan claimed that the robot would be built in the next week so he hoped to offer it to Saved By The Bells producers for the show's reboot.  

Iconic: Dustin had been working on making his very own Kevin (pictured) for Insurance King over the past year, and he was set to make adverts alongside the A.I for the company

On Monday it was reported that Dustin had ignored a 'huge lump' on his neck before he died from cancer.

His girlfriend, Tash Jules, was by his side when he died - and it was she who insisted he have the large lump checked out the previous month. 

'He had been feeling out of sorts and he'd had a lump on his neck that he was ignoring,' his manager, Roger Paul, told People on Tuesday. 

'He was afraid of the public attention if he went into the hospital. But finally, his girlfriend took him and the doctors confirmed it was cancer.' 

RIP: The actor tragically died on Monday at the age of 44 after a brief battle with stage four lung cancer 

Paul's comments echo what Dustin's pal, Dan, told The Sun last month, following the sitcom star's shock cancer diagnosis. 

'It started off as a tumor on his neck - a huge lump on his throat - and it was very visible,' Dan told the tabloid. 'He was afraid of someone taking pictures of it and posting it online.' 

Dustin did not share any social media photos of the lump, and the last known image of the actor was a selfie which showed him in his hospital bed before before he passed away.  

After being diagnosed with small-cell lung carcinoma in early January, he underwent a round of chemotherapy and remained optimistic in spite of the odds he faced. 

However, his condition quickly deteriorated, Block told The Sun. 

'When I got here [to Florida] on Monday, he couldn't speak, he was gasping for air. It was a very awful sight. I know he was in a lot of pain. Then they released him to hospice care, I helped put him in the ambulance and drove with him home.

Illness: After being diagnosed with small-cell lung carcinoma in early January, Dustin (pictured in 2007) underwent a round of chemotherapy and remained optimistic in spite of the odds

'They were setting up his bed and bringing him into the house and before he could get moved into his bed he stopped breathing and he had a DNR [Do Not Resuscitate].

'He decided on the DNR because he did not want to be in pain anymore, he just wanted to go.'

Diamond was first cast as lovable geek Sam 'Screech' Powers back in 1988, when he was just 11 years old. Stephen Colbert initially auditioned for the role, but was unsuccessful. 

Iconic role: The California-born actor was first cast as lovable geek Sam 'Screech' Powers back in 1988, when he was just 11 years old

The child star's character was one of the most beloved on the super-popular sitcom, which ran for four seasons. 

Diamond spent his teenage years in the glare of the public spotlight, but he later revealed that the attention had an adverse effect. 

Full-time filming of the program ceased in 1992, when Diamond was just 16 years old. He subsequently struggled to find roles where he wasn't typecast as a Saved By The Bell-style geek. 

'I didn't know what to do,' Diamond stated during a 2013 interview with Oprah's OWN network. 'It was hard to get work that wasn't Screech-clone stuff.' 

Rise to fame: The child star's character was one of the most beloved on the sitcom, which ran for four seasons (pictured with Mario Lopez, Dennis Haskins,, Lark Voorhies, Tiffani Thiessen, Elizabeth Berkley, and Mark-Paul Gosselaar)