Shannen Doherty has sadly passed away. After a long and difficult battle with cancer, the beloved Beverly Hills, 90210 actress has taken her final breaths at just 53 years old.
Her longtime publicist Leslie Sloane confirmed the tragic news in a statement issued to People on Sunday: How incredibly sad. Related: Richard Simmons Said He Was ‘Grateful’ To Be ‘Alive’ On His Birthday — Just One Day Before His Death Shannen was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015 and went into remission two years later.
However in 2019, she learned that it had metastasized to Stage 4 in both her brain and bones. In the time since, she’s been fighting hard since and has maintained an open and honest dialogue with fans regarding her condition.
Just last month she revealed that the “structure of [her] cancer cells changed recently” so there were “a lot more protocols for [her] to try,” which she said simultaneously made her feel more “hopeful” than she had been in months, and “wrecked” her thinking about going through chemo again.