Shannen Doherty, the 香蕉视频直播淏everly Hills, 90210香蕉视频直播� 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.

香蕉视频直播淭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,香蕉视频直播� 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 香蕉视频直播渇rightening香蕉视频直播� 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.

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

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As a child star, she worked steadily in such TV series as 香蕉视频直播淟ittle House on the Prairie,香蕉视频直播� in which she played Jenny Wilder. She detoured as a teenager to the big screen in 香蕉视频直播淕irls Just Want to Have Fun香蕉视频直播� (1985) and 香蕉视频直播淗eathers.香蕉视频直播�

In 1990, the doe-eyed, dark-haired actor won her breakout role as Brenda Walsh in producer Aaron Spelling香蕉视频直播檚 hit teenage melodrama set in posh Beverly Hills. She and Jason Priestley香蕉视频直播檚 Brandon, Brenda香蕉视频直播檚 twin brother, were fish-out-of-water Midwesterners.

But Doherty香蕉视频直播檚 fame came with media scrutiny and accounts of outbursts, drinking and impulsiveness 香蕉视频直播� the latter most notably after a very brief marriage to actor George Hamilton香蕉视频直播檚 son, Ashley. Doherty香蕉视频直播檚 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 香蕉视频直播淏everly Hills, 90210香蕉视频直播� 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.

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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 man香蕉视频直播檚 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 香蕉视频直播淐harmed.香蕉视频直播� In an AP interview that year, the actor expressed regrets about her past.

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Her personality was 香蕉视频直播済rotesquely misconstrued香蕉视频直播� by the media, Doherty added.

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

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Doherty starred with Holly Marie Combs and Alyssa Milano in 香蕉视频直播淐harmed香蕉视频直播� from 1998-2001, at which point her character was replaced by one played by Rose McGowan. Doherty appeared in the 香蕉视频直播�90210香蕉视频直播� sequel series seven years later and competed on 香蕉视频直播淒ancing with the Stars香蕉视频直播� in 2010. She also worked on the third 香蕉视频直播淏everly Hills, 90210香蕉视频直播� reboot, 香蕉视频直播淏H90210,香蕉视频直播� a meta send-up that reunited most of the original cast and aired for one season in 2019.

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Doherty struggled to recapture her 香蕉视频直播淏everly Hills, 90210香蕉视频直播� star status, but worked in big-screen films including 香蕉视频直播淢allrats香蕉视频直播� and 香蕉视频直播淛ay and Silent Bob Strike Back香蕉视频直播� and in such TV movies as 香蕉视频直播淎 Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story,香蕉视频直播� in which she played the 香蕉视频直播淕one with the Wind香蕉视频直播� author. A nadir was 香蕉视频直播淏lindfold: Acts of Obsession,香蕉视频直播� an erotic thriller opposite Judd Nelson.

Doherty香蕉视频直播檚 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 香蕉视频直播淓ntertainment Tonight,香蕉视频直播� shared her fears.

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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.

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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