Shannen Doherty death: Holly Marie Combs’ heartbreaking confession after Charmed co-star dies aged 53

Shannen Doherty didn’t consider she would die so quickly, the late Charmed star’s shut pal Holly Marie Combs says.

Greater than every week after Doherty misplaced her nine-year-long battle with breast most cancers aged 53, Combs – whose “higher half” was Doherty for 3 many years – has revealed the actress “did not assume she was going wherever anytime quickly.”

“I feel she did as a lot as she might within the time that she had, however we did assume we had extra time,” Combs instructed Home of Halliwell podcast hosts Brian Krause and Drew Fuller via tears.

Watch the video above.

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“That is the actually unhappy half. We had huge, huge plans for this 12 months… It sounds terribly cliché … till it occurs to you, you all the time assume you’ve gotten extra time,” a sobbing Combs, 50, continued.

“Life adjustments on a dime.”

Doherty died aged 53 on July 13, 2024, nearly 10 years after she was first recognized with breast most cancers. Her loss of life got here one 12 months after she revealed the most cancers had unfold to her bones and mind.

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Two weeks earlier than her loss of life, Doherty stated she was feeling “hopeful” in a video message she had no concept could be the final she shared along with her thousands and thousands of followers.

“For the primary time in a few months, most likely, I really feel hopeful, as a result of there are such a lot of extra protocols now. Whereas earlier than I used to be hopeful however I used to be nonetheless getting ready,” Doherty stated in a video, shared to Instagram, the place she opened up a few current improvement in her cells making extra remedy choices accessible to her.

Within the footage, which was a clip taken from her newest ​Let’s Be Clear podcast episode, Doherty up to date her supporters about her well being.

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“I don’t know how lengthy I’ll be on the chemo for. I don’t know if it should be three months or if it should be six months or if we’re going, you recognize, if after three months it isn’t working if we’ll change once more,” Doherty stated within the June 26 video.

“Like I do not actually… that is not one thing that I can predict. It is not one thing my medical doctors can predict. And it is… it is scary. It is like an enormous get up name.

“On the similar time there’s some positivity there, that as a result of my molecular construction of my most cancers cells modified not too long ago, it means there’s much more protocols for me to strive.”

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The subsequent replace her followers got got here within the type of an announcement from Doherty’s publicist, who confirmed she had died.

Tributes instantly began pouring in from Doherty’s followers, family members and colleagues, together with her Charmed co-star Alyssa Milano and fellow Charmed alum Rose McGowan.

Combs, in the meantime, broke her silence days later with an emotional tribute shared to Instagram.

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”My higher half of 31 years. There’s a hole in my chest and I can not seem to catch my breath,” Combs wrote alongside a sequence of pictures of the duo taken through the years.

“Part of me is lacking regardless that I do know precisely what you’d say to me proper now. I do know precisely what you’d inform me to do proper now.

“I do know your timeless spirit will dwell in me and my children who you really liked as your personal. They’ll stroll together with your sense of objective and delight. They are going to be truthful and rise up for what is correct. It doesn’t matter what and nil f–ks given.

“Your fireplace will dwell on in them and the various different Charmed ones you helped increase. A fierce fighter til the tip. My most ardent champion. My loyal protector. My finest pal. You taught me the that means of household. You have been and might be forevermore my sister. I like you.”

Learn the complete story of Combs and Doherty’s three-decade-long friendship right here.

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