It was nine years ago. On August 19, 2015, Shannen Doherty, a small-screen star and heroine of the cult series “Beverly Hills 90210” and “Charmed,” announced that she was suffering from breast cancer. She was 44 years old. A cancer diagnosed late that she ended up publicizing “to raise awareness and break taboos.”
Having died this weekend at the age of 53, the actress had no choice but to put her career aside. Her choice: to take advantage of her fame to talk about her fight and “thus free up the many women who suffer from this disease.”
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