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Shannen Dohertyis honoring her late costarLuke Perrythree years after his sudden death.
TheBeverly Hills, 90210actress posted a black-and-white photo of herself and Perry on herInstagramStory to pay tribute to the actor on the third anniversary of his death on Friday.
The throwback snap shows Doherty, 50, and Perry staring lovingly into each other’s eyes as he embraces her tightly in his arms. Meanwhile, Doherty sweetly places the palm of her hand on the back of his neck while she smiles in character as Brenda opposite Perry’s Dylan.
Perrydied at the age of 52on March 4, 2019. He was hospitalized after suffering a stroke on Feb. 27 after paramedics were dispatched to his home in Sherman Oaks, California. A source told PEOPLE at the time that henever regained consciousness. He was pronounced dead after staying “under observations” for five days in the hospital.
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“Luke was a smart, quiet, humble and complex man with a heart of gold and never-ending well of integrity and love. Luke reached out to me during my cancer journey and we picked right back up, albeit older and wiser, but that connection remained intact,” Doherty added (she revealed herbreast cancer diagnosisto PEOPLE in 2015 and announced that she wasin remissionin 2017).
“There is a special kind of love one has for each other when you are experiencing the journey we did on90210and of course, life in general,” she shared. “I will miss him every day. Every minute. Every second.”
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Doherty and Perry appeared together in the originalBeverly Hills, 90210, which began in 1990 and ran for ten years on Fox.
In 2019, Doherty claimed Perry’s death waswhy she agreed to join the show’s reboot,BH90210. Speaking at the Television Critics Association press tour in Beverly Hills, she confessed she initially had no interest in participating in the show’s revival. However, her decision changed after Perry tragically died.
“When Luke passed away, things drastically changed for me and I felt like it was a great opportunity to honor him,” she explained. “And I’m really glad I made that decision because now I get to sit up here with a lot of people that I respect and love.”
“We went on this amazing journey together where we also got to really, sort of, heal through losing somebody who means the world to all of us,” Doherty added.
source: people.com
