Shannen Doherty,

Shannen Doherty, finest identified for her roles on “Charmed” and “Beverly Hills, 90210,” has died on the age of 53. She had been battling most cancers since 2015.

“It’s with a heavy coronary heart that I verify the passing of actress, Shannen Doherty. On Saturday, July thirteenth she misplaced her battle with most cancers after a few years of combating the illness,” mentioned her publicist, Leslie Sloane, in an announcement to CBS Information. “The devoted daughter, sister, aunt and buddy was surrounded by her family members in addition to her canine, Bowie. The household asks for his or her privateness presently to allow them to grieve in peace.”

Doherty was first identified with breast most cancers in 2015. In 2016, the most cancers unfold to her lymph nodes. In April 2017, she mentioned the most cancers, which had been handled with radiation, chemotherapy and a single mastectomy, was in remission, however in February 2020, she revealed that the sickness had returned the yr prior. On the time, she mentioned it was stage 4. 

In June 2023, Doherty introduced that the most cancers had unfold to her mind and was terminal. She shared the information in an emotional video replace made whereas she underwent therapy. 

The Memphis native started appearing as a baby. Her most distinguished function throughout this time was on “The Little Home on the Prairie” tv sequence, the place she performed the function of Jenny Wilder. Doherty was 11 on the time. She additionally acted in varied films and exhibits, together with voice appearing within the 1982 movie “The Secret of Nimh” and dealing alongside Helen Hunt and Sarah Jessica Parker in 1985’s “Women Simply Wish to Have Enjoyable.” Her fame rose within the late ’80s when she starred in “Heathers” alongside Winona Ryder and Christian Slater. 

In 1990, “Beverly Hills, 90210” premiered, catapulting Doherty and co-stars like Jason Priestley and Luke Perry, who died in 2019, to international acclaim. Doherty was nominated for a number of awards for her function within the sequence earlier than leaving the present in 1994, after its fourth season. She additionally appeared within the spin-off sequence “90210” within the early 2010s. 

Doherty later performed one of many Halliwell sisters on “Charmed,” with Alyssa Milano and Holly Marie Combs. Doherty directed a number of episodes of the present earlier than departing in its third season. 

In 2016, Doherty was awarded a Braveness Award from the American Most cancers Society on the group’s inaugural Giants of Science Gala. In her speech, Doherty thanked her medical doctors, different innovators in most cancers therapy, and people who had supported her throughout her sickness. 

“I do not view it as me accepting the Braveness Award for myself,” Doherty mentioned on the time. “I am accepting the Braveness Award on behalf of each single most cancers affected person on the market as a result of it takes lots of braveness.”

Since receiving her first most cancers analysis, Doherty has appeared in “Riverdale,” the 2018 “Heathers” tv sequence and the movie “Sizzling Seat,” amongst different tasks. She additionally appeared in and co-produced the 2019 sequence “BH90210,” a continuation of the unique “Beverly Hills, 90210” franchise. 

Doherty has been married thrice. In 1993, she wed actor and comic Ashley Hamilton. The couple divorced in 1994. In 2002, she married poker participant Rick Salomon, however they’d the wedding annulled after 9 months in 2003. In 2011, she wed Kurt Iswarienko, a photographer, however the two separated in 2023. Doherty filed for divorce weeks earlier than revealing her most cancers had unfold to her mind. 

“Divorce is the very last thing Shannen wished,” her publicist informed the Related Press on the time. 

In August 2023, Doherty mentioned on Instagram that she was having fun with a “date evening” with actual property agent Chris Cortazzo. 

In September 2023, Doherty appeared at a 90s-themed conference in Tampa, Florida, alongside her “Beverly Hills, 90210” castmates for a panel. She acquired a standing ovation, talked a few podcast launching in November, and mentioned she is in a “combat” for her life “each day.” 

“I feel I’m actually nice,” she mentioned. 

Doherty has no kids. She is survived by her brother, Sean Doherty.