Shannen Doherty in Beverly Hills, California in October 2019. Photo:
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Doherty died at age 53 on July 13 after her years-long battle with cancer
Two months after the death of their costar Shannen Doherty, the Beverly Hills, 90210cast publicly reunited.
Jennie Garth, Ian Ziering, Brian Austin Greenand Gabrielle Carteris came together on stage at 90s Con Florida to remember their late costar, who died at age 53 on July 13 after her years-long battle with cancer. (Tori Spelling was also supposed to be in attendance but dropped out days before the event.)
During the panel, Green, 51, reflected on Doherty’s “incredibly brave” and “difficult” cancer journey. The two were longtime friends who leaned on each other throughout the years for support.
“She’s to me an amazing example for everyone of [how] she put her own challenges and her own health things aside and really wanted to share with everyone the experience of all of it, and it was incredibly brave,” he said. “Going through something as difficult as that and being open to being completely transparent and sharing with everyone is brave.”
Brian Austin Green, Gabrielle Carteris, Jennie Garth and Ian Ziering at 90s Con in Daytona Beach, Fla.
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Carteris, 63, discussed how the actress became an inspiration to people in her own life. “I have a friend right now who is really sick with cancer, and she said that Shannen really inspired her,” she said. “I think that her legacy is truly making a difference for those who are struggling to know that there’s hope.”
Doherty’s journey ended on July 13, nearly a decade after she was diagnosed with cancer. Following the news of her death, her former 90210 costars remembered her with touching tributes.
“Shannen was young and so courageous. By sharing her journey, she has helped so many,” former 90210 costar Carteris told us in July.
Garth at the time posted two throwback images of herself with Doherty from the hit 1990s drama series. “Our connection was real and honest,” she explained in the caption. “We were so often pitted against each other, but none of that reflected the truth of our real relationship which was one built on mutual respect and admiration.”
Shannen Doherty, Luke Perry, Tori Spelling, Brian-Austin Green, Jennie Garth, Jason Priestley, Gabrielle Carteris, Ian Ziering on “Beverly Hills, 90210”.
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She went on to remember Doherty as “courageous, passionate, determined and very loving and generous.”
Spelling remembered Doherty in an episode of her podcast misSPELLING on July 28.
“For everyone around the world that was going through something, whether it was cancer or any other kind of disease or ailment or connected to a hard time they were going through … they really did look to her for inspiration and power to carry on in the moments when they felt they couldn’t — and I got to see that in person,” Spelling, 51, continued. “I got to see that in person her whole life, which is beautiful.”
Doherty first received her diagnosis in 2015 and spoke candidly in November 2023 about her Stage 4 breast cancer, which had by then spread to her bones, saying at the time that she didn’t “want to die.”
“I’m not done with living. I’m not done with loving. I’m not done with creating. I’m not done with hopefully changing things for the better,” she told us. “I’m just not — I’m not done.”
The star appeared in TV projects like BH90210, List of a Lifetime and Riverdale and launched her Let’s Be Clear podcast in December 2023. She always made it a point to show that people with cancer could still live full lives and make meaningful contributions.
“People just assume that it means you can’t walk, you can’t eat, you can’t work. They put you out to pasture at a very early age — ‘You’re done, you’re retired,’ and we’re not,” she said in 2023. “We’re vibrant, and we have such a different outlook on life. We are people who want to work, embrace life and keep moving forward.”
