One year after Shannen Doherty died of breast cancer, her loved ones are remembering the โCharmedโ and โBeverly Hills, 90210โ actor.
On Sunday, July 13, stars like Sarah Michelle Gellar, Rose McGowan, Holly Marie Combs and Tori Spelling shared a series of tributes to their friend on social media.
Gellar posted a video montage of photos with Doherty, showing them sharing hugs, riding horseback and baking pies, among other personal moments. The compilation was set to Wiz Khalifaโs โSee You Againโ and captioned with a broken heart emoji.
โCharmedโ star McGowan shared a throwback photo of Doherty sporting all black with blown out hair and a cigarette in her mouth.
โyou are missed #shannendoherty,โ she wrote over the photo.
McGowan also reposted a story showing her and Combs standing with Doherty, writing, โOne year today you had to fly, but we on the physical plane of existence, think about you every day with love and gratitude.โ She added a dove and heart hands emoji.
Tori Spelling shared a series of throwback photos in honor of Doherty, as well as a lengthy tribute.
โItโs been a year,โ she began in the post. โGrief is weird. It presents itself in different ways and at different times but never fades. Just like your memory. In fact, it burns epically in my soul more and more as the days pass.โ
Spelling said sheโs now living in the โafterโ of their friendship story and shared a series of lessons Doherty taught her.
โYou always told me to stop apologizing for myself. To stop playing small. To stop trying to be palatable when I was born to be powerful. You taught me to turn my power on and let it shine,โ she wrote.
Over the past year, Spelling said sheโs honored Doherty โby telling the truth louder. By choosing softness when I couldโve chosen armor. And by saying โnoโ more than I ever used toโbecause you wouldโve.โ
โThis isnโt closure. This is continuation. And I promiseโthe torch you passed is lit. And itโs not going out,โ she concluded the post, calling Doherty her โwarrior friend,” adding, โstay wild. stay rebellious. your power is your cause.โ
Doherty died July 13, 2024, at 53 after a long journey with breast cancer, her longtime publicist, Leslie Sloane, shared in a statement at the time.
The actor was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, then shared that she was in remission two years later. In 2020, she announced that the cancer had returned as Stage 4.
