Ian Ziering about Shannen Doherty
For him, grief is “no idea”
A year after Shannen Doherty’s death, Ian Ziering reported. Why he did not say goodbye to social media at the time.
After a long fight, Shannen Doherty (1971-2024) lost her fight against cancer on July 13, 2024. Many fans, colleagues and companions publicly mourned the star of series such as “Beverly Hills, 90210” and “Charmed – Magical Witches”. At that time one did not post on Instagram, her former colleague Ian Ziering (61). He received criticism for this. On the first day of his death, he has now explained why he did not publish a contribution at the time.
“Cancer chose the wrong woman”
When Ziering, who also played in “Beverly Hills, 90210”, learned for the first time that Doherty was sick, “we had more with her for almost a decade,” writes the actor. “And even then most updates sounded less like ‘Shannen fights against cancer’ than more after ‘Cancer has chosen the wrong woman’.” She was strong, defiant and tough.
Whenever he saw her during these years, Doherty was still “Shan” – “funny, full of life”. This is exactly why her death hit him so much last year that he really believed that she could do “another miracle”. “When she died a year ago, I didn’t post anything,” Ziering explains. “And yes, some people criticized that. I tell them: grief is not an idea.” She is personally. You should let people mourn as they do.
Ziering also goes into the late Luke Perry (1966-2019), who also once belonged to the occupation of the series. Over the past year, he repeatedly met people from the cast. This was difficult for him without Perry and Doherty. Such a type of loss does not fade.
Ian Ziering will never forget an evening
Initially, he and Doherty got together several times in the series, with “two strong personalities” that happens. But they have always respected and he missed them. “When we got older, we got milder. We grew up. We understood how we were involved and what everyone brought with them.” Often he still thinks of Doherty, “of your cutting, your fire, your kind heart that so few really got to see. I still wear it all in me.”
He also remembers an anecdote. Ziering once appeared for a short time with the slightly dressed Chippendales. “I will never forget how she and Jennie [Garth] surprised me at the Chippendales show in Vegas, “he writes.” God, we laughed so much. It was one of these evenings that you don’t forget. “
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Source: Stern
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