# RIP Shannen Doherty **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [July 14, 2024, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-shannen-doherty/1004201 "2024-07-14T13:14:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-shannen-doherty/1004201/1 "2024-07-14T13:14:01Z")
Actress Shannen Doherty, famous for her role in _Charmed,_ has died of cancer. > **[Shannen Doherty, ‘Beverly Hills, 90210', 'Charmed' actress dies: report](https://www.livenowfox.com/news/shannen-doherty-dead-cancer-beverly-hills-90210-charmed)** > > Actress Shannen Doherty, known for her roles on “Beverly Hills, 90210" and “Charmed" has died after living for years with cancer, People Magazine was reporting Sunday. My sister is a huge fan of the show and is _devastated._ ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-shannen-doherty/1004201/2 "2024-07-14T13:18:12Z")
53! That’s always a shock. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-shannen-doherty/1004201/3 "2024-07-14T13:27:24Z")
Her battle is over. Thats a rare instances of deaths coming in 3s. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-shannen-doherty/1004201/4 "2024-07-14T13:41:30Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > famous for her role in _Charmed_ Perhaps more famous for her role in _Beverly Hills 90210_. Although I first remember her in _Our House_, with Wilfred Brimley. She was 7 years older than me, and I remember having a bit of a crush on her when I first saw her. > **[Our House (TV Series 1986–1988) ⭐ 7.1 | Drama, Family](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0090496/)** > > 1h ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-shannen-doherty/1004201/5 "2024-07-14T13:47:39Z")
Mall Rats here. Sad news. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-shannen-doherty/1004201/6 "2024-07-14T13:52:58Z")
She battled cancer for a long, long time. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-shannen-doherty/1004201/7 "2024-07-14T13:53:56Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Thats a rare instances of deaths coming in 3s. - Martin Mull - Shelley Duval - Dr. Ruth - Richard Simmons - Shannen Doherty ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-shannen-doherty/1004201/8 "2024-07-14T13:54:58Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > Perhaps more famous for her role in _Beverly Hills 90210_. I remember her in Magnum PI. She was still a kid! ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-shannen-doherty/1004201/9 "2024-07-14T13:57:38Z")
We watched every episde of 90210 when it came out. I recently saw an add for a con which will include many of the actors and there was a specific mention that Jason Priestly couldn’t make it. Looking at the picture, it reminded me that Luke Perry was already gone. And I just looked at he was 52 when he died, so he was younger than I am now. And now Shannen Doherty is gone as well. I keep forgetting that’s she’s actully younger than me. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-shannen-doherty/1004201/10 "2024-07-14T14:01:32Z")
> [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > …Luke Perry was already gone. And I just looked at he was 52 when he died, so he was younger than I am now. > > And now Shannen Doherty is gone as well. Is this sort of like that John Wayne movie that gave everybody cancer? Maybe there was something in the water at the Peach Pit?! > **[The Forgotten John Wayne Film That Left A Tragic Legacy - SlashFilm](https://www.slashfilm.com/760920/the-forgotten-john-wayne-film-that-left-a-tragic-legacy/)** > > John Wayne's notorious flop led to a darker legacy than just lost box office dollars. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-shannen-doherty/1004201/11 "2024-07-14T14:07:31Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > Although I first remember her in _Our House_, with Wilfred Brimley. She was 7 years older than me, and I remember having a bit of a crush on her when I first saw her. That’s where I first saw her too. Good wholesome family show I used to watch with my mom. Then it got cancelled. And then my mom heard that that nice Shannon Doherty was going to be in a new show about two Midwestern kids who move to California with their family. After watching the first episode of 90210 together, my mom quickly realized this wasn’t going to be _Our House_ 2.0. 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-shannen-doherty/1004201/12 "2024-07-14T14:12:28Z")
My daughter loved _ **Charmed** _ when she was little. She’ll be upset when she hears the news. RIP, Shannen. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-shannen-doherty/1004201/13 "2024-07-14T14:30:55Z")
Wasn’t she Cassandra on “Little House on the Prairie”? You know, from after the fictional Ingalls started picking up all these stray kids while totally ignoring Carrie and Grace Ingalls, who actually existed? RIP. Shannen. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-shannen-doherty/1004201/14 "2024-07-14T14:53:30Z")
Sad to hear. I once had an indirect interaction with her when _Beverly Hills, 90210_ first aired. Doherty had a friend who was friends with my friend. The friend called my friend one evening to see what he was up to. My friend asks me, “Do you know who Shannen Doherty is? She’s an actress and visiting [friend] and they want to go hang out.” Me: “I think she’s on that teenybopper show Beverly Hills something on Fox.” My friend repeats this into the phone and then starts laughing after a pause. He looks at me and says “I heard her friend in the background say ‘Fuck that guy’.” We both thought that was pretty funny. Maybe we should have met them.