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\nAmerican actor Shannen Doherty, best known for her role as high school student Brenda Walsh on the hit 1990s television drama \u201cBeverly Hills, 90210,\u201d has died after years of living with cancer, People magazine reported on Sunday. She was 53.
\n\u201cIt 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,\u201d the magazine cited Doherty\u2019s publicist Leslie Sloane as saying.
\nDoherty had been public about her battle with breast cancer, disclosing in 2015 that she was undergoing treatment for the disease. In 2023, she had a brain tumor removed and revealed that cancer had spread to her bones.
\nThe actress, who had previously starred in the movie \u201cHeathers,\u201d gained widespread popularity on \u201c90210\u201d for her portrayal of Brenda, an honor roll student from Minnesota who struggled to fit in with her classmates in the wealthy zip code.
\nHer character on the show became entwined in a love triangle with Dylan McKay (Luke Perry) and Kelly Taylor (Jennie Garth). In real life, Doherty clashed with Garth and other castmates and left \u201c90210\u201d during its fourth season in 1994. The show continued through 2000 without her.
\nIn 1998, \u201c90210\u201d producer Aaron Spelling cast Doherty in the supernatural series \u201cCharmed\u201d as Prue Halliwell, the oldest of three sisters with magical abilities. The show was a hit, but also subject to reports of behind-the-scenes turmoil.
\nPeople magazine called Doherty \u201cthe iconic \u2018bad girl\u2019 of the nineties,\u201d citing her reputation for partying, turning up late on sets and feuding with actors \u2014 and her bosses.
\nIn 2023, on a podcast called \u201cLet\u2019s Be Clear with Shannen Doherty,\u201d the actor said she took \u201cfull responsibility for her actions\u201d and acknowledged her behaviour \u201cwould get a little carried away\u201d when she was frequenting nightclubs in her early 20s.
\nShe 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.
\n\u201cI 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\u2019t really want to hear my opinion,\u201d she said on the podcast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Washington American actor Shannen Doherty, best known for her role as high school student Brenda Walsh on the hit 1990s television drama \u201cBeverly Hills, 90210,\u201d has died after years of living with cancer, People magazine reported on Sunday. She was 53. \u201cIt is with a heavy heart that I confirm the passing of actress Shannen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-418435","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n