Shannen Doherty’s Charmed co-star Holly Marie Combs has shared another touching tribute to the Beverly Hills, 90210 actress.
Combs, 50, took to Instagram on Saturday to post memories of Doherty as he reflected on the past week since the actress passed away following a battle with cancer at age 53.
“It’s been a week and it feels like forever. I spent the whole day looking for one particular photo and found almost every photo except that one. Shannen promised to stalk me but I figured she’d be busy with a few others at first. Unfortunately I’m sure she’ll show up when and where I least expect it. My rock. 10:18,” she wrote alongside the post.
Set to Faith Hill’s song “There You’ll Be,” the post featured photos of Doherty over the years.
The post contained images of Doherty with Combs, along with throwback snaps of the late actress having a great time.
Shannen Doherty’s Charmed co-star Holly Marie Combs has shared a touching tribute to the Beverly Hills, 90210 actress
Doherty died at the age of 53 after a battle with breast cancer last weekend. The star She had been battling breast cancer. cancer since 2015, when the disease spread to his brain in June last year.
Combs, Who played Piper Halliwell? on the long-running WB show Charmed about a trio of witch sisters, broke her silence on Doherty’s death for the first time last Saturday.
She He praised Doherty for being a “fierce fighter to the end” in his post.
She wrote on Instagram: ‘My 31 year old soulmate. I feel this emptiness in my chest and I can’t catch my breath. A part of me is missing, even though I know exactly what you would tell me right now. I know exactly what you would tell me to do right now.
“I know that your immortal spirit will live on in me and in my children, whom you loved as your own. They will walk with your sense of purpose and pride.”
‘They will be true and stand up for what is right. No matter what happens, they will care nothing. Your fire will live on in them and in the many other Charmed Ones you helped raise.
‘A fierce fighter to the very end. My most ardent champion. My loyal protector. My best friend. You taught me the meaning of family. You were and will forever be my sister. I love you.’
She accompanied the post with a series of snapshots of the duo in happier times.
The post contained memories from the star.
It included snapshots of Doherty over the years.
The actress looked like she was having the time of her life in several pictures
The tribute was based on Faith Hill’s song There You’ll Be
Shannen passed away at age 53 after a battle with cancer last weekend.
Combs broke his silence for the first time following the actress’s tragic death from cancer at age 53 last week, sharing this post
She wrote on Instagram: ‘My 31 year old soulmate. I feel this emptiness in my chest and I can’t catch my breath. A part of me is missing, even though I know exactly what you would tell me right now. I know exactly what you would tell me to do right now.’
Combs and Doherty had grown even closer in recent months when the former opened up about the behind-the-scenes drama between her, Alyssa Milano and Doherty on their hit series, Charmed.
While discussing the Beverly Hills, 90210 star’s abrupt departure from the series in 2001 after its third season on Doherty’s podcast, Let’s be clearCombs revealed that he had a meeting with the show’s producer, Jonathan Levin, about his co-star’s firing.
Combs said Levin told him: “We didn’t mean to, but we’ve been backed into a corner at this point; we’re basically in an either/or position.”
“Alyssa told us it was either her or (Shannen) and Alyssa threatened to sue us for a hostile work environment,” Levin recalled telling her.
On Sunday, Doherty’s publicist Leslie Sloane confirmed the actor’s death.
She accompanied the post with a series of snapshots of the duo in happier times.
The duo are pictured with Rose McGowan in February 2024.
“It is with great sadness that I confirm the passing of actress Shannen Doherty. On Saturday 13th July she lost her battle with cancer after many years of battling the disease,” Sloane said. People.
“The devoted daughter, sister, aunt and friend was surrounded by loved ones and her dog, Bowie. The family asks for privacy at this time so they can grieve in peace,” Sloane added.
Doherty, who played Brenda Walsh in the hit 1990s series, 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: ‘In a matter of days or a week it will be known 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 yet. It’s a bitter pill to swallow in many ways,” he said.
Last year, she announced that her cancer had spread to her brain in an Instagram post that showed her undergoing radiation therapy.
The duo appears on Charmed in 1998 with Alyssa Milano.
Doherty died aged 53 after a long battle with breast cancer (photo from 2019)
In October 1990, Doherty starred in the original series Beverly Hills 90210, but left the series after the fourth season in 1994. She returned to the show as a guest star in 2008 after its reboot.
Following the popular series, she starred in the witch drama Charmed. Doherty played Prue Halliwell, the eldest of the three witch sisters.
After directing several episodes of Charmed, Doherty left the series in 2001. She then moved on to reality television, appearing as a contestant on Dancing with the Stars and Breaking Up with Shannen Doherty.
She joined the 2019 reboot of 90210 and played the adult version of Brenda Walsh.
Doherty initially kept her diagnosis a secret, but after her co-star Luke Perry died suddenly at age 52 in 2019, she spoke out about her health battle.
Perry died on March 4 of that year after suffering a massive ischemic stroke at his home in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles.
“It’s very strange to me to be diagnosed and then someone who, you know, was seemingly healthy, dies first,” Doherty said. Good morning america in 2020. ‘It was really shocking.’
