Actress Shannen Doherty, best known for her portrayal as high school student Brenda Walsh in the famous 1990s television drama “Beverly Hills, 90210,” died on Sunday after a long battle with cancer, People magazine reported. She was 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,” the magazine cited Doherty’s publicist Leslie Sloane as saying.
Doherty had been open about her struggle with breast cancer, revealing in 2015 that she was receiving treatment. In 2023, she had a brain tumour removed, revealing that the cancer had spread to her bones.
People magazine called Doherty “the iconic ‘bad girl’ of the nineties,” citing her reputation for partying, turning up late on sets and feuding with actors – and her bosses.
In 2023, on a podcast called “Let’s Be Clear with Shannen Doherty,” the actor said she took “full responsibility for her actions” and acknowledged her behavior “would get a little carried away” when she was frequenting nightclubs in her early 20s.
She also said she spoke up more than other women working in television at the time, telling Spelling and others when she thought a script needed improvement.
“I was raised to have an opinion, and that my opinion should be valued, so I just kept on pressing up against that machine, up against men who didn’t really want to hear my opinion,” she said on the podcast.
Later, “I learned the simple art of diplomacy. I learned that there might be a nicer way to say some things,” she said.
(Source:Reuters)
