Shannen Doherty death: Charmed and Beverly Hills, 90210 star dies, aged 53

Charmed and Beverly Hills 90210 star Shannen Doherty has died, aged 53.

The American actor died of breast most cancers on Saturday (13 July) after being recognized with the illness in 2015.

“It’s with a heavy coronary heart that I affirm the passing of actress Shannen Doherty,” her publicist, Leslie Sloane, mentioned in a press release, confirming the reason for her dying.

“The devoted daughter, sister, aunt and good friend was surrounded by her family members in addition to her canine, Bowie,” Sloane added in a statetemt shared with Folks. “The household asks for his or her privateness at the moment to allow them to grieve in peace.”

Doherty went into remission in 2017 however in February 2020, she confirmed the most cancers had returned to stage 4.

In June 2023, the actor shared a video of the mind radiation therapy she was receiving, revealing her most cancers had unfold to her mind.

5 months later, Doherty advised her followers the most cancers had unfold to her bones, however mentioned that she would hold preventing the illness by way of therapy as a result of “I’m not achieved with dwelling”.

Doherty’s profession was launched when she was 11 after being solid in short-lived collection Little Home on the Prairie in 1982, enjoying Jenny Wilder.

That very same yr, she voiced a personality in animated movie The Secret of NIMH and, later that decade, appeared reverse Helen Hunt and Sarah Jessica Parker in Ladies Simply Wish to Have Enjoyable and Reese Witherspoon within the household drama collection Our Home.

After a job within the 1988 cult movie Heathers, Doherty shot to world fame when she was solid as Brenda Walsh in teen drama Beverly Hills, 90210. Brenda and her brother Brandon (Jason Priestley) had been launched as the principle characters of the present, which depicted their experiences with a brand new group of teenages after being moved from Minnesota to California.

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Additionally starring within the drama had been Tori Spelling, Luke Perry, who died of a stroke in 2019, and Brian Austin Inexperienced, whom Doherty revealed she as soon as briefly dated after she had left the present.

Doherty stop the collection after 4 seasons in 1994 and, in 2008, was solid in a reboot produced by The CW. It was reported Doherty was paid as much as $50,000 per episode; she featured in seven in complete.

One other of the actor’s defining roles got here courtesy of Beverly Hills, 90210 producer Aaron Spelling in 1998: Prue Halliwell in Charmed, a collection about three sisters who’re witches.

It was claimed that Doherty’s departure from the collection, after three seasons, was on account of behind-the-scenes tensions together with her co-star Alyssa Milano.

In February 2024, their co-star Holly Marie Combs claimed that Doherty was fired after Milano issued an “ultimatum” to producers – one thing that Milano denied.

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“I’m essentially the most unhappy {that a} present that has meant a lot to so many individuals has been tarnished by a toxicity that’s nonetheless to today, virtually 1 / 4 of a century later, nonetheless occurring,” Milano mentioned, including: “And I’m unhappy that folks can’t transfer previous it. And I’m unhappy that all of us can’t simply have fun the success of a present that meant a lot to all of us.”

Nonetheless, Doherty mentioned that, in mild of her well being points, “it is usually extremely essential to me that the reality really be advised versus the narrative that others put on the market for me”.

Through the Nineteen Nineties, Doherty recurrently made headlines on account of her alleged off-screen status. Addressing these claims in 2010, the actor mentioned: “I’ve a rep. Did I earn it? Yeah, I did. However, after a whilst you form of attempt to shed that rep since you’re type of a unique particular person. You’ve advanced and the entire unhealthy belongings you’ve achieved in your life have introduced you to a a lot better place.”

Doherty had a one-year marriage to Sundown Seaside actor Ashely Hamilton in 1993 and a nine-month marriage to Rick Salomon in 2002. Salomon is a high-stakes poker participant, who went on to marry Pamela Anderson twice – each marriages of which lasted for only one yr.

On the time of Doherty’s dying, she was within the technique of divorcing her husband of 11 years, photographer Kurt Iswarienko.

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Earlier this yr, Doherty shared a “miraculous” well being replace, describing a brand new type of therapy that she mentioned felt like God “is intervening”.

She advised her followers on an episode of her podcast Let’s Be Clear: “I’m on a brand new most cancers infusion and after 4 remedies, we didn’t actually see a distinction and everyone wished me to modify, and I simply kinda was like, ‘We’re gonna hold going with this and see’ And yeah, after the sixth or seventh therapy, we actually noticed it breaking down the blood-brain barrier.”