Dustin Diamond’s ‘heartbroken’ girlfriend Tash Jules claims they planned to have kids before star’s tragic cancer death
DUSTIN Diamond's "heartbroken" girlfriend Tash Jules claimed they planned to have kids before the star's tragic cancer death.
The alum after a battle with .
, 39, talked to about her love for the late actor and said: "He was the love of my life.
"We planned on a future together and spoke often about having kids. I'm heartbroken."
Tash, along with his friend Dan Block, had been one of the last people to interact with the actor before his passing.
She revealed that she had been the one to discover he was no longer breathing after having difficulties earlier in the day.
The grieving girlfriend recounted that he was still on the gurney in the front room of the house while the hospice worker and another friend were preparing his bedroom, when she found he wasn't breathing.
was sadly pronounced dead a short time after.
"After I got out of our car I went into the house to be with Dustin. That was when I discovered he wasn't breathing,' she said as she remembered that she was just minutes behind the ambulance that transported him from the hospital to their home.
Dustin died on Monday as his close friend Dan confirmed the shocking news.
Dan, who flew in to be by his bedside, exclusively told The Sun: "We thought he had five months or something. He was getting ready to go into the hospice today.
"I was there, by his bed. He didn't say anything. He wasn't in a position to talk. He was laboring to breathe really bad. We're all so shocked."
The news comes just hours after The Sun reported that .
The star, who found out he had stage four small-cell carcinoma cancer last month, had been told he had anything from a few weeks to a year or two left – although his friends were hoping he "outlived the odds."
Dustin had told pals his last wishes were to meet his idol Justin Chancellor, the British bassist from heavy metal band Tool, and visit the Star Wars exhibit at Disney World, Florida.
Dan said: "I knew if we were going to pull off a miracle, we had to do it quickly but sadly we weren't quick enough."
Dustin's pal also revealed that
He exclusively told The Sun: "When I got [] 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."
He added: "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."
Dan also noted that after his passing: "He did not want to have a gravestone and he did not want to have a big funeral so it's just going to be a memorial with a few family and friends.
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"He said he didn't want to have a gravestone because he was worried people would mess with it just like they messed with him when he was alive. He just wants to be left in peace to leave the world..."
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His rallied on social media to mourn his death and .
Dustin, who previously dated , is survived by his , as well as his current girlfriend Tash.