Shannen Doherty is honored on first anniversary of her death by Sarah Michelle Gellar and Rose McGowan
This weekend marks one year since the Beverly Hills 90210 star lost her life after a long battle with breast cancer at age 53.
'One year ago today you had to fly, but we on the physical plane of existence think about you everyday with love and gratitude,' Doherty's Charmed 'sister' Rose McGowan wrote on Instagram.
She shared multiple photos of her late pal, including one to her Instagram Story, which featured a fierce looking Doherty in all black with a cigarette in her mouth.
'You are missed,' the Black Dahlia star wrote on the picture, adding the hashtag #shannendoherty.
In an interview in August 2024 on the podcast Let's Be Clear with Shannen Doherty after the star's death, the Jawbreaker actress admitted one of her biggest regrets was not becoming close with Doherty earlier in life.
'If I have any regrets, I wish I could have gotten to know her sooner,' McGowan said of her friend.
'I don't know how it would have happened, but I wish we could have.'
McGowan said the media often tried to pit the two against each other, but neither took the bait.
The Sound actress called her pal, 'the bravest, bravest champion I've known.'
McGowan also put together a video, that included a snap of Combs and Doherty sharing a hug writing, 'we love you Shannen @thehmd forever your best friend.'
Sarah Michelle Gellar, 48, shared a sweet video of memories set to Wiz Khalifa's See You Again featuring Charlie Puth.
The Buffy the Vampire star who bonded with Doherty on the CW lot, posted a broken heart emoji to express her sorrow.
'How do you possibly find the right words to sum up 30 years of friendship?' the Cruel Intentions star wrote on social media a few days after Doherty's death.
McGowan also shared a snap of Doherty hugging her Charmed sister Holly Marie Combs with a message of love and peace
'I keep reminding myself it only hurts this much because, there was so much love.'
Gellar's fans also shared their memories of Doherty.
'We lost one of the best. She took her time with people and fans. I know this first hand, as she took 30 minutes with me at the autograph station, comforting me over the mother I lost,' recalled one fan.
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