Holly Marie Combs ’ son Finley paid tribute to the late Shannen Doherty through his latest tattoo. “I was riding back on the bus from base with a couple of my guys when Mom called me and told me what happened,” Finley, who is in the U.S.
military, shared on the Monday, July 22, episode of “The House of Halliwell” Charmed rewatch podcast, which was dedicated to Doherty. Finley, 20, proceeded to connect with his tattoo artist, and the two worked together to come up with the perfect design. “I texted him, I was like, ‘Yeah, I want to do the breast cancer ribbon, but let’s do it in a way where it doesn’t look like everybody else’s,’” he explained.
“And he was like, ‘Yeah, I got you.’ So, we sat there for a little bit, and he pulled this out, and I was like, ‘Yeah, that’s the one.’” Though Finley did not describe the tattoo in detail, he noted that the artist “didn’t talk for, like, a good hour and a half” until it was finished.
He, meanwhile, said he “didn’t start crying until it was done.” Doherty’s publicist Leslie Sloane confirmed to Us Weekly that the actress died at age 53 after a lengthy battle with breast cancer on July 13, stating, “The 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.
” After meeting in the 1980s as working actresses, Doherty and Combs, 50, famously costarred as sisters on t.