LOS ANGELES (CelebrityAccess)—Shannen Doherty, greatest identified for her roles in Beverly Hills, 90210, and Charmed, handed away Saturday (July 13) surrounded by family members, together with her beloved canine, Bowie. Her publicist, Leslie Sloane, confirmed the information of her loss of life as a consequence of her years-long battle with most cancers. She was 53.
Sloane acknowledged, “It’s with a heavy coronary heart that I verify the passing of actress Shannen Doherty. The household asks for his or her privateness at the moment to allow them to grieve in peace.”
First identified with breast most cancers in March 2015, Doherty went by way of remedies and several other surgical procedures, attaining remission in April 2017. Nevertheless, in February 2020, she revealed on Good Morning America, “I’m stage 4 — my most cancers got here again,” and later shared in June 2023 that it had unfold to her mind. Reflecting on her journey, Doherty as soon as mentioned, “I positively have days the place I say, ‘Why me?’ After which I’m going, ‘Nicely, why not me? Who else? Who else in addition to me deserves this?’ None of us do.”
Doherty’s profession started with roles in Little Home on the Prairie and Our Home. In 1990, she was solid as Brenda Walsh in Beverly Hills, 90210, catapulting her to fame. Regardless of her success, she was dismissed from the present after its fourth season in 1994 as a consequence of conflicts with co-stars and producers. Reflecting on that interval, she advised Leisure Weekly in 2005, “It’s simply that the sacrifice on the time appeared too massive to me.”
In 1998, Doherty starred as Prue Halliwell in Charmed alongside Alyssa Milano and Holly Marie Combs. Her tenure on the present was additionally marked by on-set conflicts, resulting in her character’s departure in 2001. “Diplomacy wasn’t my forte again then,” Doherty admitted in her 2010 guide, Badass: A Exhausting-Earned Information to Residing Life With Type and (the Proper) Perspective.
All through her profession, Doherty confronted intense media scrutiny, usually depicted as a “unhealthy woman” in tabloids. Regardless of this, she continued to work on varied tasks, together with Kevin Smith’s Mallrats (1995) and actuality reveals like Dancing With the Stars and Shannen Says.
Born on April 12, 1971, in Memphis, Tennessee, Doherty’s early profession included roles in Father Murphy and Ladies Simply Need to Have Enjoyable. Her portrayal of Jenny Wilder on Little Home on the Prairie and roles in Heathers (1988) and different TV reveals solidified her as a proficient actress.
In recent times, Doherty reprised her function as Brenda within the 90210 reboot and appeared within the 2019 sequence BH90210. Regardless of her analysis, she remained decided to proceed working, saying, “Individuals with stage 4 can work too… We nonetheless have some residing to do.”
Hollywood has responded to information of her loss of life, posting tributes on their social media accounts.
Olivia Munn: “I’m completely heartbroken over the passing of Shannen Doherty. We bonded by way of a shared battle and a need to assist different ladies. Wanting again on the final textual content she despatched me simply a few months in the past, she requested how I used to be doing and if she might do something for me… True to kind, Shannen was providing her assist though she was within the last stage of combating this horrific illness,” Munn mentioned. “Most cancers is basically fucking scary, and Shannen confronted it with such dignity, energy and charm. I’m sending all of my like to her mom, who was her greatest buddy, hero and champion each step of the best way.”
Jason Priestly: “Shocked and saddened to listen to concerning the passing of my buddy Shannen. She was a drive of nature, and I’ll miss her. Sending love and light-weight to her household on this darkish time.”
Kevin Smith: “Lengthy earlier than some other popular culture determine “broke the web.” @theshando singlehandedly shattered it within the early 90’s. That is an unimaginable accomplishment contemplating the web as we all know it didn’t even exist but. I (and the remainder of the identified universe) used to observe “the woman” from #heathers” each week on @beverlyhills90210. I often did so whereas jockeying the register at @quickstopgroceries – so it was ironic that the movie I’d ultimately make there would result in #shannendoherty. @malcolm.ingram is most liable for Shannen being in #mallrats. Once I advised him my subsequent flick was primarily “Clerks in a Mall”, Malcolm insisted “You then gotta solid Doherty! She’s an American icon!” That she was, and a lot extra. Shannen was a real expertise, and she or he turned a very good buddy, however lest anybody overlook that she was the one purpose Mallrats received green-lit in 1995. That’s as a result of Shannen was one of the well-known folks on the planet – and the truth that she picked Mallrats as her first follow-up to 90210 *made* that film occur. I cherish the recollections of Shannen strolling her German Shepherd across the @edenprairiecenter each morning or at any time when she’d gossip and giggle between takes. On the junket for Rats, we established a ritual we saved up for years, the place she wrote “dick” over my half of our @filmthreat cowl whereas I wrote “bitch” over her pic. However whereas Shannen was no shrinking violet and gave nearly as good as she received (significantly to the paparazzi), she was by no means something however candy to me. I advised her again in December, once I was on her podcast that I felt just like the woman I used to observe on TV at Fast Cease was there to welcome me once I received into present enterprise. Fuck… She’s died manner too quickly. I already miss you, Do-Do. Thanks for going to the Mall with me – and for thirty years of friendship. My Canadian pal was proper: you might be (and all the time will probably be) an American icon.”
Brian Austin Inexperienced: “Shan. My sister. You really liked me by way of every part. You had been a giant a part of my understanding of affection. I’ll miss you greater than I understand how to course of proper now. Thanks for the present of you.”
Gabrielle Carteris: “So younger – so unhappy. Could you RIP Shannen. I do know Luke is there with open arms to like you.”
Alyssa Milano: “It’s no secret that Shannen and I had a sophisticated relationship, however at its core was somebody I deeply revered and was in awe of. She was a proficient actress, beloved by many, and the world is much less with out her. My condolences to all who cherished her.”
RIP.