Heartrending last images show Shannen Doherty arm-in-arm with friends just weeks before her tragic death
Heartrending photos have showed Shannen Doherty arm-in-arm with friends just weeks before her tragic death. Doherty was pictured with her friend Chris Cortazzo on June 16, just before the actress passed away at age 53 after years of battling cancer. The 90210 and Charmed star was seen with her longtime friend walking with their arms around each other as they left Kristy’s Malibu after dinner. She wore a baker boy hat, a gray sweater, blue jeans, and flip flops as she carried a brown paper bag in what is believed to have been her final appearance in public.
Her death, which was confirmed on Sunday morning, came just about a month after Doherty confessed the past year was ‘really hard’ for her.
‘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,’ Sloane, her publicist, told People.
‘The devoted daughter, sister, aunt and friend was surrounded by her loved ones as well as her dog, Bowie. The family asks for their privacy at this time so they can grieve in peace,’ Sloane added. Doherty, who played Brenda Walsh in the hit 1990s show, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015. Just two years later, the Charmed star revealed that the cancer had returned after going into remission. At the time, she told Good Morning America: ‘It’s going to come out in a matter of days or a week that I’m stage 4. So my cancer came back, and that’s why I’m here.
‘I don’t think I’ve processed it. It’s a bitter pill to swallow in a lot of ways,’ she said. Last year she announced that her cancer had spread to her brain in an Instagram post that showed her undergoing radiation therapy. She teased a new episode of her podcast Let’s Be Clear by sharing a snippet on her official Instagram account. In October 1990, Doherty starred in the original Beverly Hills 90210, but left the series after the fourth season in 1994. She came back to the show as a guest star in 2008 after it rebooted.
