Shannen Doherty obituary: Remembering the Beverly Hills ‘badass’

The latest version, titled BH90210, put a new spin on it. Rather than being a straightforward reboot, it followed Doherty and many of the other original cast members playing heightened, parody versions of their real selves.

Doherty kept the return of the disease secret at first, opting not to tell her fellow cast members except Brian Austin Green.

“I had moments of great anxiety where I thought, ‘I can’t really do this,'” she explained. “Prior to shooting, Brian would always call me and say, ‘Listen, you know, whatever happens, I have your back.’ So Brian helped me through a lot.”

In recent years, she openly documented her battle with cancer on social media – posting videos of herself exercising alongside the hashtag #cancerslayer.

In November 2023, she said she is committed to battling stage four breast cancer, which had now spread to her bones.

Speaking to People magazine, Doherty said she was determined to keep going with treatment, adding: “I’m not done with living. I’m not done with loving. I’m not done with creating.”