Shannen Doherty had specific instructions for a funeral and burial before she died at the age of 53

Shannen Doherty revealed what she wanted for her funeral and burial arrangements just months before her death at the age of 53 on Saturday.

Doherty died over the weekend after a year-long battle with cancer. His longtime publicist Leslie Sloane confirmed his death on Sunday.

“It is with a heavy heart that I confirm the death of actress Shannen Doherty,” Sloane said in a statement to People.

“On Saturday, July 13, he lost his battle with cancer after battling the disease for many years,” Sloane continued. “The devoted daughter, sister, aunt and friend was surrounded by her loved ones as well as her dog, Bowie. The family wants their privacy at this time so they can grieve in peace.”

In January, Doherty — who was initially diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015 — revealed on her “Let’s Be Clear” podcast that she wanted her loved ones to distribute her ashes in a “healthy mix.”

“I want [my remains] To mingle with my dog, and I want it to mingle with my father. I don’t want to be buried and I don’t want to be cremated,” she said at the time. She suggested spreading her and her father’s ashes in Malibu, California, where they spent “precious time” together, or using his remains to “grow like a tree.”

Doherty was good friends with several of her “Charmed” and “Beverly Hills, 90210” co-stars. But for his funeral, he hoped it would be a small affair.

“There are a lot of people who I think will show up that I don’t want there. I don’t want them there because their reasons for showing up aren’t necessarily the best reasons, like, they don’t really like me and, you know, they have their reasons and good for them, but they don’t actually really like me enough to show up to my funeral, ” he explained.

“[They’ll show up] Because it’s the politically correct thing to do, and they don’t want to look bad, so I want to take the pressure off them and I want my funeral to be like a love fest,” he continued. “I don’t want people crying or people being private, ‘Thank God the dog is dead now'”

The late actress announced that she was in remission in 2017, but revealed in February 2020 that she was battling stage 4 breast cancer. A year later, he said he was “fighting to survive” during a virtual appearance on “Good Morning America” ​​in October 2021.

“I never want to have an operation [like I’m dying]” he explained at the time.

In 2023, his cancer spread to his bones. Her marriage to ex-husband Kurt Iswarienko also ended after she filed for divorce in April, alleging that he had cheated on her for two years. He said he discovered the alleged infidelity before the brain surgery.

On June 14, she filed papers in LA requesting spousal support payments of $15,343 a month. He also requested that Ishwarienko, 49, contribute $9,100 toward his attorney fees and costs.

“As a result of my repeated health problems, I have been essentially unable to work and have no future employment prospects. Today, virtually all of my earned income is residual income from work I did before marriage,” Doherty said in court documents obtained by PEOPLE. “The vast majority of my residual income is From a television show called Charmed. I recently learned that ‘Charmed’ will no longer be streaming on any major streaming platform. As a result, my future earnings will be dramatically reduced.”

“It’s not fair that Kurt should be allowed to prolong our divorce in the hope that I will die before he pays me while he continues to live his life and shirk his responsibilities to his dead wife of over 11 years,” she added. At his filing.

A lawyer for Ishwarienko denied the claims, alleging that she wanted to finalize the divorce in September 2023. He offered her a settlement agreement, but she declined at the time.

“Kurt no ‘just wait[ing] Shannen to die,” Kathryn Hirsema wrote, according to the docs. “He wants the best for Shannon and he wants them both to be able to put this case behind them and move on.”

Two months before the filing, Doherty revealed in April that he was selling his personal property “just in case.”

“Cancer, for me, really made me take stock of my life and change my priorities, and my priority right now is my mom,” he said on his podcast. “I don’t want him to have a bunch of stuff to deal with. I don’t want her four storage units filled with furniture because I have a furniture obsession.”

“I’m not enjoying it and others aren’t enjoying it, and do I really need any of it? Do I need to have three dining room tables? The answer is no, none of us really need all the stuff we have and we could all do with downsizing a little and not being hoarders, which I was becoming with all my furniture,” she continued. “It’s like you leave something out. Giving away what was so special and important to you. But you know it’s the right thing to do and it will give you a sense of peace and tranquility because you’re helping those you’re leaving behind just a clean, easy transition.

Many of Doherty’s former co-stars and friends paid tribute to her on Sunday, including “Charmed” star Rose McGowan — who called her a “warrior” — and “Beverly Hills, 90210” star Jason Priestley, who played her TV brother, TV mom. Carol Potter, Brian Austin Green and Gabrielle Carteris.

Carteris, 63, shared an Instagram photo of the sky and honored Doherty by remembering late co-star Luke Perry, who died of a stroke in 2019 at the age of 52. Perry and Doherty played the famous couple Dylan McKay and Brenda Walsh respectively. series, which ran for 10 seasons from 1990 to 2000.

“So young – so sad. RIP you Shannon,” she wrote. “I know Luke has open arms to love you.”

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