Shannen Doherty, the TV icon best known for her role in 'Beverly Hills, 90210,' has died at age 53.
“It is with a heavy heart that I confirm the passing of actress Shannen Doherty. On Saturday, July 13, she lost her battle with cancer after many years of fighting the disease,” Doherty’s longtime publicist Leslie Sloane said in a statement toon Sunday. “The devoted daughter, sister, aunt and friend was surrounded by her loved ones as well as her dog, Bowie. The family asks for their privacy at this time so they can grieve in peace.
Unbeknownst to her costars and producers, Doherty was having a hard time with both her personal life and father’s ongoing health struggles; she was engaged to three different men during the run of the show. She eventually married Ashley Hamilton during her last year on the show, though they divorced by the time she left the series in April 1994.
“I was always used to being the strong one, and during that time period, every wall I’d built up in my life came down,” shewith the illness. “I also had a lot more time to look at myself and say, ‘I’m a pretty okay person and cut myself some slack.” It helped that her vulnerability started changing her public image. “I get a little less trolls and haters on social media now, so that’s good,” she said.
with the surviving original cast. “I felt like it was a great opportunity to honor him,” she explained. “We went on this amazing journey together where we also got to really, sort of, heal through losing somebody who means the world to all of us.” Doherty also appeared on the. “A lot of people who get diagnosed with stage four, they sort of getting written off. It’s assumed that they cannot work or they can’t work at their full capacity. And that is not true,” she said.
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