- Dennis Haskins, Principal Richard Belding on NBC's Saved by the Bell from 1989 to 1993, has died aged 75.
- His agent, Jay Schachter, confirmed the death to ABC News; he died in Burbank, California, on Sunday 27 September, and no cause of death has been made public.
- Haskins kept the role through Saved by the Bell: The New Class until 2000 and reprised it on Jimmy Fallon's show in 2015.
Dennis Haskins, Saved by the Bell’s Mr Belding, dies at 75
His agent confirmed the news to ABC News, closing the story of a teen-sitcom principal who played the same role across three series and more than a decade of American television.
Updated 10:07 WAT, 30 Sep 2026: Haskins died in Burbank, California, on Sunday 27 September, his friend and caretaker Kimberly Snow told the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times. Dennis Haskins, the actor who played Principal Richard Belding on the teen sitcom Saved by the Bell, has died aged 75. His agent confirmed the death to ABC News…