Shannen Doherty Credited Her Tenacity to Her Mom Rosa Earlier than Her Loss of life

Shannen Doherty realized her combating spirit from her mom, Rosa.

The Beverly Hills 90210 star — who died at age 53 on July 13 after years of dwelling with most cancers — opened up to PEOPLE in November 2023 about how her mother, who was recognized with a mind aneurysm when Doherty was 8, taught her to be tenacious.

“I come from a lady who was decided,” Doherty stated on the time. “She impressed that upon me as a really younger baby like, ‘You do not hand over. You simply must work exhausting at it.’ ”

“I feel I used to be at all times a fighter,” Doherty added. “I used to be raised that method to be very robust and that I may do something that I put my thoughts to.”

As she confronted ups and downs in her well being, Doherty leaned on her family members for help, together with Rosa.

“I do not assume that there is a determination that I make that I do not take [my mom] into consideration. I like her, and I’m so extremely grateful to her for being an incredible mom,” she advised PEOPLE. “I take my brother into consideration and his kids, my canine, my animals.”

Doherty has shared a number of images along with her mom on social media. 

In December 2023, she celebrated Rosa’s 76th birthday, writing, “Completely happy birthday to one of the best mother on the planet. I like you to the moon and again instances infinity. @themamarosa.”

She additionally posted a photograph of her and her mother having fun with the good outdoor, captioning it, “Tennessee ladies.”

 The duo even loved a dance class collectively in 2017. 

“Shifting it! Love how my mother has such spirit and retains up with us though Neda and I continually change issues halfway,” Doherty captioned the clip of them displaying off their dance strikes.

On an episode of her podcast Let’s Be Clear in April, the Charmed star stated that her “precedence” was her mom amid her ongoing well being struggles.

“As a result of it’s going to be so exhausting on her, I need different issues to be lots simpler,” she stated on the time. “I don’t need her to have a bunch of stuff to cope with. I don’t need her to have 4 storage models full of furnishings.”

Doherty added that she had begun the method of sorting her belongings, along with giving up her dream of getting a property in Tennessee.

“It was actually exhausting and actually emotional as a result of, to a sure extent, I felt like I used to be giving up on this dream of constructing this property out, and placing a home for me and a home for my mother after which extending the barn,” she admitted, however known as it “the best factor to do.”

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PEOPLE confirmed on Sunday, July 14, that Doherty died after years of dwelling with most cancers.

“It’s with a heavy coronary heart that I verify the passing of actress Shannen Doherty. On Saturday, July 13, she misplaced her battle with most cancers after a few years of combating the illness,” the actress’ longtime publicist, Leslie Sloane, stated in an announcement.

“The devoted daughter, sister, aunt and pal was surrounded by her family members in addition to her canine, Bowie. The household asks for his or her privateness right now to allow them to grieve in peace,” Sloane continued.