BREAKING - Shannen Doherty Is Dead To Me

Well, damn, what a weekend this has been.

Jesus Christ, what a weekend...and the one person who deserved to die still walks among us.

She was a brave woman.

RIP

It’s sad because she dealt with this for so long.

“She’s no longer suffering” doesn’t suffice because she wanted so badly to live.

Oh that's really sad to hear. Vale.

Isn’t this 4 people… Shelley, Dr Ruth, Richard, and now Shannan. I thought it was supposed to stop at 3?

I came to understand and appreciate her differently after following her podcast. A sad loss.

Poor thing, she was going through hell the last few years. Sad sad business, and so young too.

I feel very sad to read this news.

I give her credit. Sick as she was, she'd do cons with her co-stars and not complain one bit. Very outgoing to fans, too.

R2, you are so fucking right.

I hope they respect her long list of people NOT invited to the funeral.

RIP.

Exactly R2, Exactly. Poor Shannen Doherty, she really did fight the brave fight. Last November my wife(I’m a lez) and I saw her at Rhode Island Comic Con. Now I wish I’d gone up and said something to her, like, “I love your work.”. Something non-cancer related. There are a lot of Charmed fans that walk among us.

R6 And if the shooter had been better at what he did, it would've been five, goddamnit.

This has been the weekend from hell

R16 It would've been the weekend from heaven had Trump turned his head just a little bit more to the right.

[quote] I thought it was supposed to stop at 3?

The Fates are trying to make up for the one that could have been.

r6 This is a new cycle.

Ooooh, Bruce…. The man with the sickle be comin….

I didn't realize she was so young. Very sad.

Didn't she have a lawsuit going against a health insurance carrier that refused or delayed coverage for her cancer? If it's still pending, I hope her estate sees it through to a good ending for Shannen's heirs.

R6 don’t forget Dave Loggins. Never known so many celebrity deaths in so short a period. Rest in peace Shannen. You fought such a battle.

I like the cut of your jib R17.

R6, Dave Loggins also passed away. Does no one care about Dave Loggins??? Bastards.

Shannon was a high riding bitch to the very end. A true DLer. RIP honey.

She had a pair of major league yaboos.

R24, R22 cares.

R12 This will be interesting because you Alyssa Milano will say something nice on social media about her passing but you know she’s on that list!

Tomorow Allyssa Milano announces the Charmed reboot with Shannen to be seen in editing scraps.

So sad. RIP.

Really sad news. She put up an admirable cancer fight for many years.

Piper: What does Prue think about all this?

Phoebe: She just went to get a coffee. We'll tell her when she gets back.

Dylan and Brenda together again.

This is too much for me to take. I’ve grown up as a huge fan of hers, all the way back to Our House and Girls Just Want to Have Fun. I know, MARY!

When will the tears stop?!

What a long, painful slog she's had for many, many years. I remember her all the way back to Our House. She worked her ass off.

Alyssa is finally going to get what she has coming to her because those Charmed girls stood by Shannen until the end. They all stuck together except Alyssa and I hope she finally feels like the asshole she is today. She probably won’t.

Cory, Naya, Mark, now Shannen. What a cursed cast!

Alyssa can fuck all the way off and write a letter to Daddy.

Joe Bonsall of the Oak Ridge Boys also died this week (7/9/2024). This continues to be a miserable summer.

I’m not even sure why this is what pops into my mind, but I was thinking about her appearing on Riverdale in their episode memorializing Luke Perry. It was pretty clear that was Shannen mourning her friend.

This was a rough weekend for Gen X.

[quote]don’t forget Dave Loggins. Never known so many celebrity deaths in so short a period.

Are you forgetting the summer of 2009 ?

I really liked listening to her podcast. She turned out to be far more insightful and balanced than I’d expected, and I admire her for her how hard she fought.

She knew she wasn’t long for the world, but she made the most of the time she had.

Shad.

No, Not poor Szhannon.

I want shad for lunch!

Szchmoked!

We previously discussed her funeral planning and her extensive “not invited” list…

[quote]This has been the weekend from hell.

You know what I always say: the older I get, the more dead people I know.

R42 15 years ago? No I don’t. Remind me of them if you’re recall is better.

Godspeed Shannen.

What about Benji Gregory from ALF? Seems were up to 6.

R47 Google is your friend.

R37 other than Holly which other girls were there to stand by her?

R35, get a grip.

She left behind one of her swatches.

She'd want you to have it.

She always said you couldn't accessorize for shit.

R22. How soon we forget 2016, when EVERYBODY died.

It always happens in threes.

Dr. Ruth, Richard Simmons....and well, the third was supposed to be Donald Trump but we saw how that went...

IMdb hasn't updated their news yet on Doherty. Maybe she's still alive ?

2 out of the three heathers have died.

I was literally thinking about her last night. It's hard being psychic... although she did announce a few months ago that her end was near.

Sad for Shannen, but one less Republican voter is a good thing

Sorry to learn this. You were brave.

She was a fighter. She suffered since 2015. RIP.

Rip.

I watched her show in grade school

And yet Keanu Reeves still walks among us

Thankfully we have rat faced Glenn Powell to console us when Twisters opens.

Oh, FFS. Some who died in the 2016 calendar year are

David Bowie

Prince

Leonard Cohen

Florence Henderson

Muhammad Ali

Doris Roberts

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Alan Richman

Tammy Grimes

Gene Wilder

Patty Duke

Carrie Fisher

Debbie Reynolds

George Michael

Gary Shandling

Nancy Reagan

Abe Vigoda (for real, this time)

I don't even want to look, but I was just listening to her most recent podcast in late June/early July! And she sounded fine- and was talking about her divorce and general life stuff... I have no idea how in advanced this was. recorded, but to me, I think her passing was VERY fast, and for that I am grateful. Her ex sounded like a real prick. She really set a good example with how she dealt with this disease.

Her positivity towards the end was inspiring. I really thought she have several years still left in her. Sorry it's not meant to be. RIP.

R67- I did too.. It sounded like she had the Elizabeth Edwards/Olivia Newton John type Stage 4, where they could control it for awhile.. But once it spread to the brain I guess that really is it (and what I am assuming) killed her so quickly.

Alyssa comments

R28 r69 ok? Whether they liked each other or not is irrelevant. Most SANE normal people do not wish cancer, pain and suffering and then death on someone simply because they don’t get along. Alyssa and Shannen didn’t get along but that doesn’t mean they wished bad upon the other either. That’s being a sane adult. Only psychos wish suffering and death on someone simply because they don’t like working with one another.

R59 see a psychiatrist. ASAP.

R79 where are all these sane adults you speak of?

R70 *

Decent statement from Alyssa.

I'm listening to Shannen's podcast. Seems like she went out on her own terms, which is good.

I hope she wasn't in pain.

R49. I am not sure Benji should count since he died a month ago.

R69 That's a tough line for Alyssa to walk.

The "complicated relationship" description is better, I guess, than "we hated each others' fucking guts."

I'm glad she made a statement. Had she not, she'd have been mercilessly eviscerated. This way, she'll only be mildly eviscerated.

I had no idea Joe Bonsall died. My mother loved the Oaks. I asked her one time if the fact that Joe looked like her last boyfriend was why she liked him the most, she responded, "I think so."

Shannon recorded last podcast maybe a week ago. I went over and listened...

My guess is that she had a brain bleed or something. There is no doubt this was incredibly fast. Bad on one hand, but incredibly fortunate on the other.

I think this is someone who went out on top! Would Shannon probably have liked a few days to get final affairs in order? Based on her personality? Probably. But I think once we get where we are ultimately going, those little things mean nothing in retrospect.

You did some good Shannon- and actually went from someone who was known (as a young adult) for not setting a great example-- to someone who ultimately set a great example, when it mattered the most. It's kind of a cool legacy and life. Respect.

R78 Great post!

It’s a good thing she chose who not to invite ahead of time.

She had a harshness to her energy that had me misreading her for a long time, but the cancer seemed to both mellow her out and show another side of her. Her last decade was as redemptive as it was revelation. What a ride.

I think sometimes people who you least expect can grow up, mature, grow, and change- and ultimately reveal themselves to be a great human being. i suspect most of Shannon's affairs were in order. I pray that her ex does not benefit from this.

Its sad to see people you grew up watching/knowing die so young.

R81- Agree!!!

RIP Shannen. You put up a brave fight!

Olivia Munn posted this on IG

[Quote] I like the cut of your jib [R17].

I wish that *I* had a jib (sobs).

Predictions for the next two celebrity deaths-Gabrielle Carteris and Heather Locklear

Shannen on the 1992 RNC. Was she a Trumpster?

Three Deaths & An Assassination — isn’t that a Hugh Grant movie?

R86 - I’ll raise you a Bruce Willis.

The Republican Party of today is not the Republican Party of 1992 R87, so stop with the nonsensical speculation.

Has anyone checked in on the Facts of Life ladies recently because if anything happens to one of them....

[quote] Has anyone checked in on the Facts of Life ladies recently because if anything happens to one of them....

Death. It takes the good. It takes the bad.

Mindy Cohn will probably end up being the Betty White of The Facts of Life cast.

Devoted sister, beloved cunt. ❤️

Wasn't there a Charmed reunion at the Hollywood Show in March?

"Then in a Dec. 11, 2023 cover story for People magazine, Doherty revealed that the cancer had spread to her bones. "I don't want to die," Doherty told People. "I'm not done with living. I'm not done with loving.””

How sad...she was afraid to die..RIP

"I'm not done with living. I'm not done with loving.””

But I'm done with learning.

NYT obit

Very sad. She fought it with everything she had. RIP.

R25: "... high riding bitch ..."

I love that turn of phrase.

I am gong to start using it to make it a thing among my friends and wider circles of acquaintances.

I also like "stove in, backed-up, ratchety bitch."

With the gang, three months ago...

I'm living for this line from Alyssa's statement: "My condolences to those who loved her." So shady.

FIrst Steve Lawrence. Then Shelley Duval. Then Dr. Ruth.

Next Richard Simmons. Then Shannon Doherty. And there's bound to be someone else!

They _do_ come in threes!

You left out Donald Sutherland.

Steve Lawrence died in March.

R104 is still in mourning over Steve, R106.

Tori has gone into seclusion at Walmart

R96 that isn’t fear. That is her being honest. She knows she has limited time but does not wanna go yet. How is that FEAR?

[quote] The Republican Party of today is not the Republican Party of 1992 [R87], so stop with the nonsensical speculation

While I disagree with the posters bringing up Shannen being a Republican, this is a flat-out LIE. The Republican Party has been batshit crazy since the days of Richard Nixon. In 91, Bush Sr. nominated the most corrupt Supreme Court Justice ever to serve, Clarence Thomas, who is currently working hard to turn this country into a Christofascist nation. Let's not even get started on Newt Gingrich becoming speaker of the House in the mid-90s. The only difference between the 90s and today is fewer dog whistles and more in-your-face bigotry. The policies are still oppressive.

The Republican Party of today is what Gingrich, Thomas, Bush Sr., George W. Bush, Reagan, Nixon, Limbaugh, and others built.

R110 both sides are batshit for their own unique reasons. Let’s stop pointing the finger.

One wants to take away gay rights while the other wants to allow children as young as 2 and 3 to transition. Both are awful.

R105--Donald Sutherland was with OJ Simpson and my neighbor down the street.

Can we have her stuff?

Nixon founded the EPA, opened China and signed Nuclear Arms Reduction treaties. If thats batshit crazy then most of us are crazy.

R111 it’s all the same 🤷🏻‍♂️

r111 is OP of the *DID THEY TRY TO KILL TRUMP?* thread and included AI pics with her following posts:

[quote]Thank God he wears a bulletproof vest. A bullet hit him in the chest

[quote]A still shows the bullet flying toward Trump

There is no way on earth that you can “both sides” the Democrats vs. the Republicans. One party wants to save democracy and the other wants to obliterate it - the end.

Anyway, getting back to the topic at hand, I will miss Shannen. Longtime fan here.

R50 Fuck off, moron.

The celebrity deaths are now coming in fives instead of threes. We live in crazy times.

Jimmy Carter might outlive Trump.

We'll all miss Sherwood's little Eskimo.

According to Facebook comments, QAnon would like you to know that Shannen didn't die of metastatic breast cancer, she died from the COVID vaccine.

Some people just need to fuck all the way off.

I'm not even sure why, but this one is hitting me hard.

Do we know if she made proper use of the word "myriad" in her suicide note?

RIP Heather Duke.

Alyssa's comment is as cold to.me as when Marsha Warfield in response to Richard molls passing with something like I'm sure everyone who loved him is sad right now.

Awwwww, that's a bummer that Marsha Warfield and Richard Moll weren't friends.

She lived. She took up space. She was present.

Sad. We're the same age and I literally grew up wit her. I first became a genuine fan when she did a 2 parter on Father Murphy. She was fantastic as an orphan Boy, raised by a prickly old cowboy, with a big heart..and then it turned out she was a Girl. Then she was Jenny Wilder on Little House...then Our House, then Heather's and of course 90210 and Charmed. She definitely had 'it'... but as someone who believes death brings a new adventure and knows this world can be crap, I think she may be better off and out of pain... and I hope Michael Landon was waiting to say hello. RIP sweetheart.

😥😥😥😥

R127 “literally”

Oh, dear!

Susan Dey cannot keep up with all that's happening.

I watched 90210 from beginning to end for ten years straight. I'm honestly devastated. To lose thee Brenda Walsh, thee Prue Halliwell and of course who could forget little Jenny Wilder from Little House On The Prarie. For my generation who grew up watching her, she's invaluable. For some reason, the death of a beloved TV icon like this is more jarring for me than the deaths of my favorite movie stars. I think it's because with TV you're watching these characters evolve week after week, year after, and you definitely become invested in the various storylines. I continued watching 90210 after Shannen left, but it was never really the same, and I cut off Charmed completely when Aaron Spelling screwed her over for the second time. Her acrimonious exit from Charmed left a particularly bad taste in my mouth, and I vowed never to watch another Spelling series again. No matter how many times he tried, you just can't replace someone like Shannen. So much of her life was a battle, but I hope she's resting easy now. She earned it.

She kicked ass on 90210. The Brenda years were by far and away the best, and the show went into sleazy, soap opera shit once she was gone.

Has Jennie Garth commented? Ian Ziering?

It's pronounced "Eye-un".

R133 I used to goof his name up all the time back in the day, but I always thought he was sexy.

Sexy rageaholic

For 122, Jennie's Garth's instagram post.

^^ oops, I meat to type R132

Prayers..

Jason Priestley:

Brain Austin Green:

Gabrielle Carteris:

BaaaaaaaAG.

"Shannen on the 1992 RNC. Was she a Trumpster?"

So many are til they get sick. She probably had Obamacare.

Nothing from Holly Marie Combs (or did I miss it)?

I find myself surprised, and somewhat embarrassed to be legitimately saddened by this. The only celebrity deaths that have ever hit me hard were Leonard Nimoy and Nichelle Nichols, just because Star Trek was and is so important to me.

But yeah, I've been bummed out all day since reading the news. Maybe it's because 90210 hit at the right age for me, or maybe because Shannen wasn't that much older than me.

I know, I know: MARY!

RIP Laverne

Uhuru.

Was always #TeamBrenda in part because I was #Team Shannon....much like the actor I found her character ballsier and gutsier than the others on BH 90210. I love that Shannon being fired just reflected better on her character and showed that unlike the others she was suited for bigger, better things than hanging around beaches with her same boring friends from high school.

She was also very beautiful, breathtakingly so at times. God speed hun and say hi to your fake high school sweetheart for us, and that we miss him too.

You lie R111. The Biden camp came against young trans transitions.

Doherty was a Reagan republican who said he was doing "a marvelous job" several times when so many was dying of AIDS including those in her precious entertainment industry.

It seems like most of you care more for a callous right-wing bitch than those who had a surprise disease crash into their lives & couldn't access their partner's health insurance or get tax cuts heteros got or even the basic decency of visiting their loved one in the hospital because the laws gave them no recognition.

Shannon probably had to pay off some of those bar fights victims of hers that kept popping up in the news/tabloids which left her on Obamacare.

She was definitely a broad. And I mean that in a good way. Tough, smart, witty, and pretty.

I never watched 90210, but I appreciated that she clearly had a true sense of herself and stood up for what she believed in.

I hope you're at peace now and glad you no longer have to struggle against that unfair monster named cancer.

Now I won’t be able to obsess over her lopsided face. RIP.

I think the statement that really got me was Kevin Smith.

:(

Let's be real. She was a lousy actress and no beauty. When someone gets fired from not one but TWO shows she is the problem. It wasn't like her constant lateness revealed a genius talent when she finally turned up on set. She was just spoiled and didn't appreciate the breaks she was given. It's understandable to clash with other personalities but she was supposed to be an actress so she should have acted civil. But as a person, to die at 53 is sad.

[quote] I watched her show in grade school

As did I.

How come Sarah Michelle Gellar hasn’t given a statement yet? They were besties.

SMG and Holly Marie Combs are probably too distraught to gather words for social media right now. They were her best friends in the industry and both appeared on her podcast earlier this year. I’m sure they will put out statements when they are ready.

No. The power of three. :(

Well that's Two Heathers gone from brain cancer. Has anyone checked in on the third?

Has Deidre Hall commented yet?

Has the mayor of Beverly Hills ordered the flags to be lowered to half staff?

Have Carol Potter and James Eckhouse commented yet?

Carol Potter has

Has Wilford Brimley commented?

They're chatting now,.r164. He's been dead since 2020.

Yes r164 here it is

. First off, the retarded don't rule the night. They don't rule it. Nobody does. And they don't run in packs. And while they may not be as strong as apes, don't lock eyes with 'em, don't do it. Puts 'em on edge. They might go into berzerker mode; come at you like a whirling dervish, all fists and elbows. You might be screaming "No, no, no" and all they hear is "Who wants cake?" Let me tell you something: They all do. They all want cake.

Has the Peach Pit commented?

Has Chad Allen commented yet?

Has Luke Perry commented?

It’s sad. The only silver lining for mourners is one less vote for Trump.

Did she ever publicly endorse Trump?

Ten or more mentions of Trump in a thread about the death of Shannen Doherty

R172 Because we're pissed she's dead and he isn't.

Alison Arngrim posted a nice message on her Instagram.

Nothing from Melissa Gilbert.

"May Shannen get the Shitbra in Hell. Love, Half-Pint, Full Cunt."

The unconventional name spelling is most unfortunate.

Tori has spoken

R177, she seems to be speaking honestly. I'll give her that.

Where is the statement from Dr. Marlena Evans?

What does Kim Walker have to say about this?

Like other posters, her death has affected me more than I thought it would. She was just a handful of years older than me and I grew up with her. If you were a teenager in the early 90s, 90210 was a HUGE cultural moment for you.

I only knew her as Heather Duke, but as Heathers is one of my top ten guilty pleasure films that was more than enough.

She was odd - she looked exquisitely lovely in profile and insectile head-on. I never knew if she was acting or just being herself with zero fucks to give. But there was no one quite like her before or since. And now there's literally no one like her.

She was a two bit actress on a two bit show.

It’s sadder that Richard Simmons died- I liked him.

Now that we've cut off Heather Duke's head, will Heather McNamara's head sprout up in its place?

Our love is god, Shannen. Let's go get a Slushie.

I just learned she was a Republican. And suddenly, her death seems less tragic.

My gay ass couldn't get enough of her after she departed Charmed I used to watch Scare Tactics.

Never really seemed like her gig tho!

Why I won’t be releasing a statement. by Deidre Hall.

James Eckhouse did post condolences.

Shannon’s dead-Tori is a walking dead living like a gypsy, nuf said

Tori says on 90201 she was the daughter of the producer and had no voice. Yet the NYT obit says it was Tori who got Shannen fired from the show. Daddy, I don't like this girl. Get rid of her.

In the end it’s all about Tori.

I will not get any sense of closure until Miss Deidre Hall makes a statement. Where are you Deidre?????

Meanwhile, she took to Instagram within a few hours of Sam Rubin's death:

Has Candy Spelling sent a personally wrapped mourning gift to the family?

God damn you Deidre. Put out a statement. Shannen played your daughter for chrissake!

Tori was a fan of Shannen in Heathers, which may have been part of the reason why Aaron Spelling hired her for the role of Brenda. When she was on Shannen's podcast last month, they talked about their party days and how Shannen would often stick up for Tori on the show.

[quote]She was definitely a broad. And I mean that in a good way.

I did a search and couldn't find the thread, but many years ago on DL, there was a poster here who shared an anecdote about a time Shannen and her then-bf stayed at a hotel or resort. I don't remember the exact names or dates the DLer gave; I think it may have been the late 90's or early 00's.

Anyway: Shannen and her bf got into an incredibly noisy, heated argument. Once the screaming subsided, it was followed moments later by a loud crashing/shattering sound.

The DLer explained that Shannen had gone to the gift shop, requested the most expensive item they sold—which happened to be a glass or crystal dolphin figurine—then purposely smashed it to get back at the bf.

Lol, I still remember it all these years later.

True or not, a "broad" indeed.

She did a lot of work for animal rights and rescue.

That makes her good people in my book.

I think she's one of those people who had a really bitchy attitude but when you watched what she did, rather than what she said, she was a pretty good person. It's like Stephen Sondheim said: "Witches can be right/ Giants can be good.".

Tori is so up herself to describe them iconically laughing.

Shame Shannen isn't still here and useless Tori the one in the morgue.

Has former father-in-law George Hamilton issued a statement?

I was beginning to think she was faking.

R196 and then Tori got her fired. Whatta cunt.

R203, why did Tori turn on her?

I had forgotten just how much uglier Tori used to be until seeing all those pics from the 90210 days.

Shannen’s ex-husband Ashley Hamilton said,

“Shannen was not only my wife, she was my guardian angel. Even though things don’t always work out the way we hope they will, she stood by my side during my darkest times. My love and admiration for her lasted far longer than our short-lived marriage”.

Wow, he looks terrible. Meth?

R206, Short-lived, indeed.

“On October 11, 1993, Doherty married Ashley Hamilton, the son of actors George Hamilton and Alana Collins. They filed for divorce in April 1994.“

Her doctor said she wasn't ready to go

Has the city of Beverly Hills commented?

She had a show called Breaking Up with Shannen Docherty where she dumped people’s useless partners. Icon queen, RIP

And yet Keanu still walks among us

Sharon Fogarty was one of Aaron's favorite guest stars.

- Candy Spelling

Sarah Michelle Gellar did good as well.

Heather MacNamara speaks.

Where is Deidre Hall’s comment???

R216 The statement will be in next week's Soap Opera Digest.

RIP...you are in a good place now.

Is there a 90210 jinx?

What a profound message from Lissanne Falk R215, the last surviving Heather.

Kevin Smith's tribute was really heartfelt. I loved this:

[quote]At the junket for Rats, we established a ritual we kept up for years, where she wrote “dick” over my half of our @filmthreat cover while I wrote “bitch” over her pic.

Sarah Michelle Gellar has kind of an Owen Wilson nose. Or at least she did before; I can't tell from the more recent pics on her Instagram thread if she's had cosmetic surgery or is just working the angles.

r222 she's totally had a nose job. In recent pics I've seen of her, she looks almost unrecognizable, and seeing these old photos confirms to me she finally got her proboscis shaved down. I certainly wouldn't recognize her now if I saw her on the street. I'm just wondering what took her so long to do it.

Who are the survivors?

Her mother.

Her brother Sean and his kids are also survivors.

May the bridges I burn light my way.

Horribly sad news! Love her.

First heard of her around August/September of 2004 when I started watching re-runs of BH90210 (although they were the 7th season episodes) and when the paparazzis of E! Kept showing an old video of her (1994) beating a guy during one of her messy night outs.

First saw her in Charmed in late 2005 and that quickly became my favorite tv show. She was certainly my favorite actress in 2006/2007/2008, watched many of her movies back then.

I also remember watching a few episodes of her reality show in 2012, Never imagined that she would die young, it sucks that she did.

First read about her cancer just days after an uncle of mine died of a heart attack in August of 2015, can't believe how fast nine years go.

But I am glad she lasted this long, I certainly remember all the negative trolls on YouTube and here claiming that she would die very soon back in 2016.

A lot of people who were supposedly going to die after her just died first in the meantime, I am glad Shannen proved her strength by fighting this hard to live and that she had the time to start her podcast and to tell us fans the real reason why she left charmed.

She will always be one the best tv actresses, and a true Icon of the 1990s, also one the prettiest celebrity faces of all time. Shannen will be eternal. And even though she was a republicunt I will always be a fan and have a little spot for her in my heart.

Ps : Loved listening to the Tori Spelling episode of her podcast, Tori took the opportunity to be shady towards CANDY 😂😂

Right after Tori appeared on Shannen's podcast, Shannen then appeared on Tori's podcast for part 2 of the interview.

Hottie Denny Miller played her dad in an episode of Magnum PI.

Thanks R229, I'll check that later.

Has Karis Paige Bryant commented yet?

You’ll are terribly wrong about Tori getting her the job. In fact when Tori auditioned and got the part no one even knew she was Aaron Spelling’s daughter!

I always thought the story of Tori auditioning for 90210 under the pseudonym "Tori Mitchell" was hilarious. I mean, as if none of the casting directors knew that she was Spelling's kid.

Miss Deidre Hall: Issue a statement NOW!

Her lack of statement IS her statement r236.

She has (NOT) spoken!

Dee Dee Halls... where's your fucking statement???

I guess that Dee Dee hasn’t forgiven Shannen for calling her a lipstick lesbian.

Did Shannon ever get with Luke Perry? How was it? Loved that guy.

We’re Luke Perry and that Matthew Perry related?

Wow, r241 - what a great question. If only there was a place you could go online and type in that question, and a computer would automagically answer it for you.

I don’t know how to use a computer but thank you for your help.

Click the link above, r243. Your first lesson!

Very interesting-Luke and Matt Perry were fraternal twins born to comic actress Kathleen Freeman and singer Perry Como. Both sons took their fathers first name fearing ethnic discrimination in Hollywood.

Good podcast with Kelly Ripa.

WEHT Rick Salomon, who was married to Shannen, Pamela Anderson(twice) and was in that leaked sex tape with Paris Hilton?

This happened almost a week ago. Don't we have other things to talk about?

I won’t give up until Miss Dee Dee Halls makes a statement!

R248=Alyssa Milano

Dee Dee Hall's statement will be in next week's Soap Opera Digest.

BREAKING: Deidre Hall has released a statement:

“I believe that celebrity deaths are not a forum for expressing personal religious, social or political views. However, I have not objected when fellow performers have released condolence statements to express their support for a deceased costar; that's their choice. My choice is NOT to release a statement.

Soap Opera Digest readers should know releasing a statement is no longer entirely voluntary. Those who began by requesting statements from performers now resort to extreme tactics in pursuit of their express goal of 100 percent conformity. When performers arrive at an award show, individuals who attempt to solicit statements accost them. A performer who declines may be accosted at the pre-show reception, again while waiting backstage and again at the press conference after the show.

Requesting these statements from celebrities was, in my view, a benign and pro-social act. On the other hand, aggressively badgering performers to compel the release of statements is not only demeaning to the deceased celebrity and to the desperate need for an all-out research war against the cause of death, but an offense against personal freedom.

By attempting to force 100 percent conformity, these activists are now attempting to make the condolence statement a visible litmus test for separating those individuals who empathize with deceased celebrities and support celebrity memorials from those who do not. This is a misguided and dangerous notion.

First, it misguidedly politicizes human tragedy. These condolence statements provide a means by which public figures can appear to make a 'politically correct' statement in favor of a cause they do not support. A prime example was Barbara Bush publishing a condolence statement while seated among the audience at the Republican National Convention but deleting it before joining the president on the podium.

Second, any attempt to force conformity to a single social agenda attacks the freedom of expression. The extreme activities that resort to harassment to compel actors and actresses to release these statements are practicing a '90s brand of McCarthyism – and their behavior is deplorable. Our community was devastated by political extremists in the 1950s and again became a target during the last presidential campaign. It surpasses belief that men and women in the entertainment field would resort to shameful practices that the enemies of artistic freedom have used against us.

Sadly, it falls to some of us who ardently support deceased celebrities to resist these tactics by personal example. Believe me, the easy way out would be to post a condolence statement and keep silent. But I won't, because I don't want these appalling tactics to succeed.”

Is Shannen having a funeral or memorial? Any news on that?

That Dee Dee can write.

David Gail, who played Brenda’s post-Dylan fiancé Stuart, passed in January.

R253, she supposedly planned her own funeral arrangements ahead of time. And she left an EXTENSIVE list of people who are not allowed to attend.

Is Gabrielle Carteris on the banned list?

Am I, R257?

I hope Deidre Hall is on the not invited list because she refuses to release a statement.

Countdown to Tori taking selfies at the funeral and wake to post on SM. Then there will be a round of interviews with gossip magazines, morning shows, etc. She'll be discussing it on her podcast for years. She'll be hitting up other people attending the funeral and wake to appear on her podcast.

Then there will be all the deep and meaningful posts on her SM...

Yeah but when is the funeral? She's been on ice for nearly a week!

I seriously have no idea who the fuck Deidre Hall is.

R261 She’s been cremated. She’s not on ice anymore.

R262 Tread lightly.

r264 most gays have no interest in soaps or soap actresses. DL is the only place I have seen this. I have literally never known a gay man IRL who watched soaps.

[quote] I have literally never known a gay man IRL who watched soaps.

What rock do you live under?

It's true r266. I'm in my forties and have never known another gay man who watched soaps.

Soaps (particularly the night time ones) scream gay. I’ve watched them for years and know plenty of other gay men who do as well. There are multiple DL soap threads bumped on a daily basis.

r268 yes there are DL gays who watch soaps. I guess they're older men who were obsessed with the campy 80s stuff like Dynasty etc. but I was in diapers. I don't know anyone in my peer group or younger who have ever been soap watchers. I guess it's an eldergay thing.

The DL soap threads are like five people posting.

Forgive. I know Shannen from Heathers and 90210. What was she in with Deidre Hall that you're all making such a fuss about? (thanks)

R271, Our House was a weekly series on NBC that ran from 1986-88 and starred Wilford Brimley, Deirdre Hall and Shannen as Dierdre's daughter. Gay actor Chad Allen also played one of Hall's children. This was Hall's big shot at primetime after becoming a huge star on Days. Hall has said and I, for one, agree, that part of the problem was that nobody believed that she was old enough to be a mother of a teenage girl (Shannen), though Hall takes full responsibility for this as she admits she added ten years to her age when she was a teenager because she was too mature looking to be cast as adolescents, but ironically looked too young a decade later to play a widow and mother of three on Our House.

R269 I was young in the 80s. I've never been a soap fan. I watched the nighttime ones occasionally because those were some of the most popular shows on prime time network TV and they were almost unavoidable, But they were usually stupid. Daytime soaps--again in the '80s these were huge, as well, esp. General Hospital. Kids watched them at college. But I never was into soaps and like you I never knew any gay man who were into daytime soaps.

*men

I hope Tori shows up with the kids in the Walmart shopping cart and the bewildered husband

Deidre Hall was delusional if she thought she looked too young to be Shannen’s mother. Her old ass looked every bit of 45 on the show.

I used to love this show in the ‘80s

She was so pretty.

[quote]Hall has said and I, for one, agree, that part of the problem was that nobody believed that she was old enough to be a mother of a teenage girl (Shannen), though Hall takes full responsibility for this as she admits she added ten years to her age when she was a teenager because she was too mature looking to be cast as adolescents, but ironically looked too young a decade later to play a widow and mother of three on Our House.

This has to be a fucking joke. Too young-looking to be a mother?? 😂

She looked old enough to be the mother of a 25 year old, so in essence, she looked old enough to be a grandmother.

I’m still not wearing a ribbon.

R220, I have a new respect for her.

Deirdre Hall was years older than Shannen Doherty. She was absolutely old enough to be her mother.

I'm an 80s child and I don't remember Our House at all. Weird, because I watched a lot of tv back then.

Whoops, I meant to write that Deidre Hall was 24 years older than Shannen Doherty. She was totally old enough to be her mother, delusional old bitch.

Kind of like Nicole Kidman, who's almost 60 and still playing the mother of children who are in elementary school.

Having recently reached voting age, Dee has vowed not to let Shannen's passing dim her excitement about the upcoming election.

Considering how damned matronly Dee Dee was on Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, which was a decade before Our House, it’s a damned laugh that she thought she looked too young to be Shannen’s mother.

It is, indeed, a laugh R286 .

[quote]Hall has said and I, for one, agree, that part of the problem was that nobody believed that she was old enough to be a mother of a teenage girl (Shannen),

At FORTY years old? God, how delusional.

I just remember her Days character being killed off, then after what seemed a long while, came back to the show in a storyline that seemed ridiculous, even for a daytime soap. A lot of other Days actors whose characters were also killed off were brought back in the most unbelievable plots.

Was Marlena killed off so Dee could have a crack at prime time with Our House?

I believe that when Dee came in for the audition for Our House, she was under the impression she was reading for Shannen's part...

[quote]Was Marlena killed off so Dee could have a crack at prime time with Our House?

There was a period from about the mid-80s to the early-90s where a bunch of former daytime leading ladies made attempts at stardom on primetime soaps. Sometimes this worked out (Falcon Crest); most of the time it didn't--Genie Francis on Bare Essence, Marcy Walker on Palace Guard, and even Susan Lucci had a maligned, barely remembered season on Dallas.

Our House got two full seasons, so Dee Dee landed somewhere in the middle.

[quote]I believe that when Dee came in for the audition for Our House, she was under the impression she was reading for Shannen's part...

Mean, mean, MEAN, R290.

OP, this is no longer breaking news. Please edit your title to reflect that, thank you.

Bearking

[quote] Was Marlena killed off so Dee could have a crack at prime time with Our House?

R289: Not right away. Dee worked on both shows during the first season of Our House (filming Days on weekends), although obviously Marlena appeared a lot less frequently than usual. (IIRC, Marlena had been kidnapped/held captive during the latter portion, before being "killed off"). NBC & Dee were hedging their bets to see if Our House was really going to make it. I remember it was pretty noteworthy at the time -- to have one of daytime's biggest stars starring in a primetime show, simultaneously. No one had ever done that.

But it (her schedule) couldn't be sustained, so she left Days and Marlena was "killed" in a sea-plane crash -- or that's what everyone in Salem thought, as her body was never recovered. Easier to come back from than a decapitation.

Who are these gay guys on DL who have been watching soaps for decades? I've never known a gay man who watches soaps, ever.

Remember when Dee Dee was possessed?!

[quote] Remember when Dee Dee was possessed?!

Which time?

R296, I was at school then. Most kids had an idea of what was going on with Days and Y&R and would make jokes about the plotlines. Australia didn't have cable TV back then, just five free to air networks. Years after, a primetime news/comedy show aired a very entertaining Days update featuring Marlena possessed by the devil. It was very funny.

Dee steals the thread by not making a statement.

Queen of the Night, indeed.

Funny to think of how huge 90210 was in the early 90s. A show could never be that big anymore among teens. There are just too many options these days.

Her divorce was finalized hours before she died. Not sure when they started the process, but to be going through that while she was already sick must have been incredibly stressful.

I hope Dee Dee Halls at least paid her legal bills. It’s the least she can do for not making a statement on the passing of her tv daughter.

[quote]Dee steals the thread by not making a statement.

[quote]Queen of the Night, indeed.

For all we know, the DiMeras may have her locked in something. It may not be her fault.

Dee has always done things her way not the way of mainstream...it's the artist in her, she was probably been born at a different time back in Paris in the 1880s where she could have acted, painted and drank ouzo with Hemingway!

What the hell did she see in Tori?

[quote]Paris in the 1880s ... with Hemingway!

Oh, very DEAR.

She wasn't that ugly in the 1990s R306, plus she seems to be a nice person.

[quote]I remember it was pretty noteworthy at the time -- to have one of daytime's biggest stars starring in a primetime show, simultaneously. No one had ever done that.

Ahem.

Oh, dear.....delusions of grandeur, R309. I love Dorothy Lyman, but didn't she film like a half-dozen episodes of AMC while the fourth-billed on Mama's Family?

R144 HMC has been going THRU IT.

Her IG had the most lovely tributes under her stories but they only lasted 24 hours. I also listened to her podcast and knew this was coming--as did she--when her cancer came back at stage IV, but I was shocked that it was so sudden. And I cried during Holly's, Drew Fuller's, and Brian Krause's podcast episode after she died. It was so touching.

It's weird...I NEVER thought I would cry at a celebrity's death when I was younger. It all started with Joan Rivers and it was downhill from there. Shit, I even cried when Howard Stern announced Ralph Cirella had passed.

Also, I remember the Rolling Stone with Shannen on the cover. During the interview, she was smoking and said to the reporter that breast cancer runs in her family and she knows that she should quit. This was in '93 or '94, and that ALWAYS stuck with me. I think it was because I became a regular smoker around that time despite being old enough to know better. But I feel like MANY people smoked back then because--believe it or not--it looked cool at clubs and bars.

There was a lot of smoking going on in the 90s.

The '90s were the last time smoking was culturally cool for young peoplle. All the supermodels (who were as big as movie stars back then), save Cindy C (who was considered commercial and not cool), Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Johnny Depp all smoked. I believe that many of the Friends' actors smoked in real life, or at least Aniston did. But at the time you could still smoke in cafes and bars. At some point in the early 2000s, smoking was banned in most indoor spaces throughout the U.S. I smoked throughout the '90s which coincided with most of my 20s and then quit in 2004 which happened to be the year I turned 30.

In the 90s you saw celebrities smoking in pap shots all the time. On the rare occasions that happens today people have a fit.

R397 was Dee Dee possessed or just fucking horny?

R297*

R316 A little bit from column A and column B if you sniff my drift...

I read she had great support from her husband then he fucked around and she divorced him-couldn’t he just put his dick on ice till she died-poor Shannon…

r319 I thought the same. She was terminal, why couldn't he have kept his dick in his pants until she was gone? It was such a shitty thing to do, going through a divorce in such terrible circumstances.

Interesting R319, I thought she was the one who made the money.

R314 How can you tell which celebs smoke today, since it's more or less banned in public? I'm sure many do who you don't know about.

R321 What does the post have to do with money?

I never got in to Our House-DD Hall was always such a terrible actress-She went back to daytime? Who cares.

Deidre Hall has an identical twin sister.Whats her name and what is she doing these days?

Dee's twin, Hattie Adams, is currently incarcerated.

I feel bad for Dee's twin having to say she was ten years older in order to keep Dee's lie going so she could get work in Hollywood. Now everyone thinks both are ten years older than they actually are. I don't think Dee was legal on Electra Woman and Dyna Girl...

FFS take the soap shit to another thread.

What did Dee’s sister do to get locked up?

She shot J.R.

"she had great support from her husband"

I thought R319 was talking specifically about financial support R323.

Thanks for the Dee’s twin update. Hope they can both go with God.

Dee’s sister is not in prison, but she is fat.

Can someone with a legal background explain the financial reasoning behind her divorce? Articles state she wanted alimony from her husband since she was drowning in medical bills as her SAG insurance was expiring. Firstly, why was her SAG insurance expiring? Is SAG insurance any good? Secondly, if she ultimately signed a divorce agreement that would not include alimony doesn’t that actually help her ex husband out financially? Now he won’t be responsible for any of her outstanding medical bills and other debts. I read her royalties were drying up from various tv series so future earnings would be meager or non existent. He had nothing to lose financially except her debt. Will her Malibu home have to be sold to pay off debt?

She worked her entire life, since childhood. What was her financial situation?

Maybe the SAG insurance was experiring because she hand't been working in awhile.

Some years back, Tracy Nelson lost her SAG insurance because she took time off to raise a family and when she got cancer she had trouble paying her medical bills because SAG insurance lapsed.