“Beverly Hills, 90210” stars Gabrielle Carteris, Jennie Garth and Tori Spelling are mourning the lack of their longtime co-star and pal Shannen Doherty, who died of most cancers Saturday at age 53.
On Sunday, Garth shared a pair of throwback images on Instagram of her and Doherty in character as Kelly Taylor and Brenda Walsh, respectively, on the “90210” set. Within the accompanying caption, she described Doherty as “one of the strongest people I have ever known,” whereas setting the document straight concerning the longstanding notion of the 2 actors as adversaries.
“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,” Garth wrote. “She was courageous, passionate, determined and very loving and generous. I will miss her and will always honor her deeply in my heart and in my memories.”
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Carteris and Spelling, who respectively performed Andrea Zuckerman and Donna Martin on “90210,” provided tributes that have been extra succinct, however no much less heartfelt.
“So young ― so sad. May you RIP Shannen. I know Luke is there with open arms to love you,” Carteris wrote on Instagram, referring to the late actor Luke Perry, who performed Dylan McKay on “90210” and died in 2019 at age 52.
As for Spelling, she wrote on her Instagram Tales that she didn’t “have outward words yet… but WE knew and that’s what matters,” alongside a latest picture of her and Doherty.
A Tennessee native, Doherty rose to fame as a baby actor after touchdown the position of Jenny Wilder on “Little House on the Prairie” in 1982, when she was simply 11 years outdated. From there, she made the leap to the large display screen, showing within the cult comedies “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” and “Heathers” earlier than returning to TV as Brenda Walsh in “Beverly Hills, 90210,” which grew to become her signature position.
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In 2015, Doherty went public together with her breast most cancers analysis, and would go on to make use of her platform to lift consciousness for most cancers analysis.
She didn’t let her well being get in the way in which of labor, nevertheless, reuniting in 2019 with lots of her “Beverly Hills, 90210” forged mates on Fox’s sequence “BH90210.”
“People just assume that [a cancer diagnosis] 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,” Doherty advised Folks final yr. “We’re vibrant, and we have such a different outlook on life. We are people who want to work and embrace life and keep moving forward.”
