Thursday, November 14, 2024

Shannen Doherty’s Mother Opens Up About Her Daughter’s Dying at 53

  • Shannen Doherty’s mom Rosa spoke out about her daughter’s demise on the actress’ Let’s Be Clear podcast, saying it is “such a loss”
  • The Beverly Hills, 90210 star died on July 13 on the age of 53 after an extended journey with most cancers
  • “A mother or father ought to by no means go, you understand, last more than a toddler. A baby ought to by no means go earlier than a mother or father,” Rosa insisted

Shannen Doherty‘s mom is remembering her daughter almost two months after she died at age 53.

Through the Monday, Sept. 9 episode of Doherty’s Let’s Be Clear podcast, hosted by her mother, Rosa Doherty, and the actress’ finest pal, Chris Cortazzo, the pair relived particular moments they shared with their late cherished one.

“We’re very lucky that now we have all [these memories] and it is like… it brings happiness and but it surely additionally brings… I can at any second, simply burst out as a result of it is such a loss,” Rosa shared about Shannen’s demise on Saturday, July 13.

The Beverly Hills, 90210 star’s longtime publicist Leslie Sloane confirmed the unhappy information to PEOPLE on Sunday, July 14.

Shannen Doherty (left) and her mom Rosa.

Shannen Doherty/Instagram


“It is such a loss. And, you understand, I’ve mentioned it earlier than. A mother or father ought to by no means go, you understand, last more than a toddler. A baby ought to by no means go earlier than a mother or father,” she continued.

“It is issues now we have no management of. My religion simply tells me it is all in God’s arms. And that is how Shannen felt, and that is how she lived her life. I used to be like, ‘Aren’t you afraid to do that?’ She mentioned, ‘No matter is supposed to occur goes to occur. I simply should be good and take the precautions that I have to take, after which it is in God’s arms,’ ” Rosa mentioned, including, “And that is how she lived her life.” 

“With most cancers, I imply, she fought this battle and she or he fought it so exhausting and she or he fought it, a lot of that was together with her religion. And she or he says, ‘I simply have religion that I am doing what I have to do,’ ” Rosa shared.

Shannen Doherty (left) and Chris Cortazzo pictured in 2018.

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Cortazzo insisted Shannen had been “such a warrior by means of all of it,” telling the podcast: “She fought so exhausting. The truth is, I by no means thought she was gonna go. I simply, I nonetheless cannot imagine it, however she by no means complained. She went to chemo and [would] be so sick.”

“She did not need any sympathy from anybody. I’ve by no means seen something prefer it in my whole life. She was a distinct breed,” the actress’ finest pal added.

Whereas paying tribute to the late star, Cortazzo additionally known as his longtime pal “some of the lovely ladies I’ve ever seen.”

“Her face it simply every part about her was attractive. Like, past past attractive,” Cortazzo mentioned.

Shannen Doherty (left) and her mom Rosa.

Shannen Doherty/Instagram


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Shannen first shared her breast most cancers analysis in 2015. In 2017, she introduced on Instagram she was in remission, however later revealed in 2020 that the illness had come again as metastatic stage 4 most cancers after studying it had returned the 12 months prior. In June of 2023, the actress shared that the most cancers had unfold to her mind and that she had undergone surgical procedure.

Whereas talking to PEOPLE in November 2023, Shannen insisted, “I’m not achieved with dwelling. I’m not achieved with loving. I’m not achieved with creating. I’m not achieved with hopefully altering issues for the higher. I’m simply not — I’m not achieved.”

“Once you ask your self, ‘Why me? Why did I get most cancers?’ after which ‘Why did my most cancers come again? Why am I stage 4?,’ that leads you to search for the larger goal in life,” she defined on the time.


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