Shannen Doherty, the 91裸聊视频淏everly Hills, 9021091裸聊视频� star whose life and career were roiled by illness and tabloid stories, has died at 53.

After years with breast cancer, Doherty died Saturday, according to a statement from her publicist, Leslie Sloane.

91裸聊视频淭he 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,91裸聊视频� Sloane said Sunday. The news was first reported by People magazine.

Her illness was publicly revealed in a lawsuit filed in 2015 against her former business managers, in which she alleged they mismanaged her money and allowed her health insurance to lapse. She later shared intimate details of her treatment following a single mastectomy. In December 2016, she posted a photo of her first day of radiation, calling the treatment 91裸聊视频渇rightening91裸聊视频� for her.

In February 2020, Doherty revealed that the cancer had returned and she was at stage four. She said she came forward because her health conditions could come out in court. The actor had sued insurance giant State Farm after her California home was damaged in a fire in 2018.

91裸聊视频淚 have no idea how long I91裸聊视频檓 going to be on the chemo for. 91裸聊视频� That91裸聊视频檚 not something that I can predict, it91裸聊视频檚 not something my doctors can predict. And it91裸聊视频檚 scary, it91裸聊视频檚 like a big wake-up call,91裸聊视频� Doherty said on a late June episode of her podcast 91裸聊视频淟et91裸聊视频檚 Be Clear,91裸聊视频� adding that a recent change in the shape of her cancer cells meant there were new treatment protocols for her to try. 91裸聊视频淔or the first time in a couple months probably, I feel hopeful because there are so many more protocols now, whereas before I was hopeful 91裸聊视频� but I was still getting prepared.91裸聊视频�

A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Doherty moved to Los Angeles with her family at age 7 and, within a few years, became an actor.

91裸聊视频淚t was completely my decision,91裸聊视频� she told The Associated Press in a 1994 interview. 91裸聊视频淢y parents never pushed me into anything. They support me. It really wouldn91裸聊视频檛 matter if I was a professional soccer player 91裸聊视频� they91裸聊视频檇 still be as supportive and loving.91裸聊视频�

As a child star, she worked steadily in such TV series as 91裸聊视频淟ittle House on the Prairie,91裸聊视频� in which she played Jenny Wilder. She detoured as a teenager to the big screen in 91裸聊视频淕irls Just Want to Have Fun91裸聊视频� (1985) and 91裸聊视频淗eathers.91裸聊视频�

In 1990, the doe-eyed, dark-haired actor won her breakout role as Brenda Walsh in producer Aaron Spelling91裸聊视频檚 hit teenage melodrama set in posh Beverly Hills. She and Jason Priestley91裸聊视频檚 Brandon, Brenda91裸聊视频檚 twin brother, were fish-out-of-water Midwesterners.

But Doherty91裸聊视频檚 fame came with media scrutiny and accounts of outbursts, drinking and impulsiveness 91裸聊视频� the latter most notably after a very brief marriage to actor George Hamilton91裸聊视频檚 son, Ashley. Doherty91裸聊视频檚 second marriage, in 2002, was to Rick Salomon and was annulled within a year. In 2011, Doherty married photographer Kurt Iswarienko. She filed for divorce in April 2023.

She left 91裸聊视频淏everly Hills, 9021091裸聊视频� at the end of its fourth season in 1994 (the show aired until 2000), reportedly removed by Spelling because of conflicts with her co-stars and chronic lateness.

But in her 1994 AP interview, Doherty described her life as peaceful.

91裸聊视频淚t must be, if you pick up the Enquirer and find the only thing they can write about me is that I installed a pay phone next to my house and was seen at Stroud91裸聊视频檚 (a discount bed-and-bath chain) buying $1,400 worth of bed linens and wouldn91裸聊视频檛 go to an expensive store,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淚t must be calm if they91裸聊视频檙e pulling that stuff out of their heads.91裸聊视频�

Three years later, in 1997, Doherty was sentenced to anger-management counseling by a Beverly Hills Municipal Court judge after she allegedly smashed a beer bottle onto a man91裸聊视频檚 windshield during a quarrel. After a 2001 drunken driving arrest, she pleaded no contest and was ordered to serve five days in a work-release program.

Doherty reunited with Spelling when he cast her in 1998 as Prue Halliwell in 91裸聊视频淐harmed.91裸聊视频� In an AP interview that year, the actor expressed regrets about her past.

91裸聊视频淚 did bring a lot of it on myself,91裸聊视频� Doherty said. 91裸聊视频淚 don91裸聊视频檛 think I can point fingers and say, 91裸聊视频極h, YOU91裸聊视频橰E to blame.91裸聊视频� And I don91裸聊视频檛 do that with myself, either. Because I was just growing up.91裸聊视频�

Her personality was 91裸聊视频済rotesquely misconstrued91裸聊视频� by the media, Doherty added.

Spelling said at the time that their relationship was never as bad as some made it seem.

91裸聊视频淲e had a few bumps along the road, but golly, who doesn91裸聊视频檛?91裸聊视频� said Spelling, who died in 2006. 91裸聊视频淓verything Shannen did was blown out of proportion by the rag sheets.91裸聊视频�

Doherty starred with Holly Marie Combs and Alyssa Milano in 91裸聊视频淐harmed91裸聊视频� from 1998-2001, at which point her character was replaced by one played by Rose McGowan. Doherty appeared in the 91裸聊视频�9021091裸聊视频� sequel series seven years later and competed on 91裸聊视频淒ancing with the Stars91裸聊视频� in 2010. She also worked on the third 91裸聊视频淏everly Hills, 9021091裸聊视频� reboot, 91裸聊视频淏H90210,91裸聊视频� a meta send-up that reunited most of the original cast and aired for one season in 2019.

She also appeared in a tribute episode of 91裸聊视频淩iverdale91裸聊视频� dedicated to that show91裸聊视频檚 star 91裸聊视频� and her late 91裸聊视频淏everly Hills, 9021091裸聊视频� on-screen love interest 91裸聊视频� Luke Perry.

Doherty struggled to recapture her 91裸聊视频淏everly Hills, 9021091裸聊视频� star status, but worked in big-screen films including 91裸聊视频淢allrats91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淛ay and Silent Bob Strike Back91裸聊视频� and in such TV movies as 91裸聊视频淎 Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story,91裸聊视频� in which she played the 91裸聊视频淕one with the Wind91裸聊视频� author. A nadir was 91裸聊视频淏lindfold: Acts of Obsession,91裸聊视频� an erotic thriller opposite Judd Nelson.

Doherty91裸聊视频檚 lawsuit against her ex-business managers was settled in 2016. She was open about the toll that cancer was taking. She posted photos that showed the baldness that followed treatment and, in an August 2016 interview with 91裸聊视频淓ntertainment Tonight,91裸聊视频� shared her fears.

91裸聊视频淭he unknown is always the scariest part,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淚s the chemo going to work? Is the radiation going to work?91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淧ain is manageable, you know living without a breast is manageable, it91裸聊视频檚 the worry of your future and how your future is going to affect the people that you love.91裸聊视频�

Doherty advocated for cancer awareness and care, and spoke to the AP in 2021 about how spending years with the disease affected her life and sense of optimism.

91裸聊视频淲hen you get something like cancer, your tolerance for drama is zero. I don91裸聊视频檛 like people wasting my time. I don91裸聊视频檛 like negativity,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 odd because I think if you look back, you91裸聊视频檙e like, 91裸聊视频極h, gosh, it91裸聊视频檚 so much drama around her,91裸聊视频� but I don91裸聊视频檛 think I was necessarily into the drama. I just think if we took young 18-year-old Shannon, 19-year-old Shannon, and we took her and planted her like right now, I would be a nerd and nobody would be writing about me.91裸聊视频�

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Lynn Elber, a longtime television writer, retired from The Associated Press in 2022. AP journalists Alicia Rancilio and Mallika Sen contributed reporting.

Lynn Elber, The Associated Press