Shannen Doherty’s famous friends mark 1st anniversary of her death

Shannen Doherty is being remembered by her friends and co-stars on the first anniversary of her death from breast cancer.

Sarah Michelle Gellar posted a sweet montage of photos of her and Doherty over the years, captioned with a simple broken heart emoji.

Rose McGowan, who joined Doherty’s series Charmed after she had been written off, shared several posts on her Instagram stories, including one that read, “You are missed.”

Doherty’s “Beverly Hills 90210” co-star Tori Spelling also shared photos and wrote a beautiful caption honoring her late friend.

“Grief is weird. It presents itself in different ways and at different times but never fades. Just like your memory. In fact, it burns epically in my soul more and more as the days pass,” Spelling wrote.

Spelling shared the advice Doherty had given her, like “stop apologizing for myself” and “stop trying to be palatable when I was born to be powerful.”

“For me, your legacy lives on in my aura. In the space I now try to take up unapologetically,” Spelling continued. “This isn’t closure. This is continuation.”

She added, “And I promise—the torch you passed is lit. And it’s not going out. warrior friend. I love you forever.”

Fellow “Beverly Hills 90210” alum Ian Ziering also shared a post honoring Doherty and acknowledged why he didn’t write or speak about her death last year.

“When she died a year ago, I didn’t post anything. And yes, some people criticized that. To them I say: grief isn’t a performance. It’s personal. Let people grieve how they grieve,” Ziering wrote.

He continued, “Over the past year, I’ve seen my old castmates a few times. It’s been hard being together without her—and Luke. That kind of loss doesn’t fade. It just rearranges the furniture in your heart.”

Ziering also addressed the fact that they “clashed now and then” on set, recalling they were “two strong personalities.”

“But we always had respect. I was the wisecracking comic relief; she was the beautiful chaos, the after-hours headline, the girl who could trash a hotel room and make the tabloids love her for it. (Stop laughing, Shan. You know it’s true.)”

He added, “Whatever antics happened off-set, when the camera rolled? She delivered. Always.”

The “Sharknado” star also recalled thinking Doherty would pull through after battling cancer for years.

“When I first heard she was sick, we had nearly a decade more with her. And even then, most of the updates sounded less like ‘Shannen’s fighting cancer’ and more like ‘cancer picked the wrong woman.’ That was her way—strong, defiant, take-no-prisoners tough,” he said.

“Every time I saw her during those years, she was still Shan—fierce, funny, full of life. That’s why her passing hit me like a freight train. I was shocked. I truly believed she was going to pull off one more miracle.”

He concluded his message, writing, “So, my dear Shannen—I think of you often. Your grit. Your fire. Your kind heart that so few really got to see. I still carry all of it with me. Rest easy, Shan.”

Doherty passed away on July 23, 2024 at her Malibu, California home at the age of 53.