The world lost not only a pop culture queen, but also an advocate for cancer survival and treatments, when Shannen Doherty passed away on Saturday, July 13, 2024. The Beverly Hills, 90210 vet spent much of the final decade of her life in various stages of a fight against various cancers — she was diagnosed with Stage 4 ahead of filming the 90210 revival — and more recently documented her post-diagnosis struggles and celebrations though her podcast Let’s Be Clear , which began in December 2023. She also planned to start up a Charmed rewatch podcast ahead of her death.
Fans may be shocked to learn that Doherty remained as dedicated to working and staying busy for as long as possible, sometimes recording up to three podcast episodes a day, which is a schedule many healthy podcasters don’t often adhere to. Speaking with People ahead of Let’s Be Clear ’s premiere date, the actress talked about why she went with such a prolific approach to her then-new project, saying that staying busy warded off the negative feelings. In her words: Listen, you're seeing me on a good day.
Right? But I think also the difference that I've really noticed is that when I'm working and when I'm creative, there's no room for depression at all. It fuels me. Doherty was clearly enthused at the time about what would become her final creative journey connecting her to fans who followed her career for decades, from her earliest child star days to her “bad girl” years on Beverly Hills, 90210 (wh.