Dustin Diamond was born on January 7, 1977, in San Jose, California, and Celebrity Net Worth notes he began his acting career at age 11. So, why wasn’t he worth millions, like some other child actors, when he died?

Dustin Diamond’s $300,000 net worth isn’t surprising when you realize that Diamond blames a lot of his money troubles on his family’s mismanagement of his earnings from Saved by the Bell. In 2015, Diamond told FOX6 News about how his family spent most of the money he made filming the show while he was still a minor. Diamond told the news outlet, “It’s a shame. My parents wasted so much of my hard work. A lot of my youth.”

As Showbiz CheatSheet notes, Diamond found himself with only a few hundred dollars from what he had earned from Saved by the Bell by the early 2000s, and he never achieved great financial success from his following projects, including several movies, two Saved by the Bell spin-offs, an alternative metal band, and even a few reality TV shows. Celebrity Net Worth also explains how Diamond faced tax warrants in Wisconsin, had several failed real estate ventures, and that he filed for bankruptcy in 2006.