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Shannen Doherty, known for her roles in 90s shows such as Beverly Hills, 90210 and Charmed, has kept audiences engaged for generations. Her life, including her health struggles and personal choices, has been widely discussed.
Amid her passing on July 13, it's noted that Doherty had no children, a personal decision influenced by her career and health challenges.
Shannen Doherty's marriages and relationships
Shannen Doherty has been married three times. Her first marriage in 1993 was to actor Ashley Hamilton and divorced the following year. She later wedded Rick Salomon in 2002, but their union was annulled just after nine months. Her third marriage was with a photographer Kurt Iswarienko in 2011.
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Despite her marriages, Doherty has not had any children, a decision she has discussed in various interviews, often mentioning career and health.
"It's not possible [for me to get pregnant] because I can't get out of menopause," she said. "That would require estrogen, and I'm choosing not to take hormone pills — I can't risk those levels coming up," she admitted while talking to Health.
The impact of health struggles
In 2015, Shannen Doherty was diagnosed with breast cancer. The difficulties that she faced during her battle against cancer including the physical and emotional aspects are things which Doherty freely used to talk about.
Her choice to not have children was influenced by her concerns for her health, and her doctors’ recommendation that she focus on her getting her health back.
Doherty has frequently stated that career development and good health are among many factors that motivated her choice against having kids at every opportunity presented by interviews over time; even though she was devoted to her family, some circumstances in her life required her to act differently.
Doherty being candid about her choices adds nuances to the intricacies of reconciling personal desires simultaneously with career demands and health concerns. For example, in this life that is hers, she has advocated for self-care and living an authentic life by always making choices that are best for her life.
Did she write a memoir about her experiences?
Shannen Doherty wrote Badass: A Hard-Earned Guide to Living Life with Style & (The Right) Attitude. In this memoir on audiotape she shared what it was like dealing with cancer, resilience, and growing personally.
Available on Audible, in this book, she lays bare her personal journey from bad girl to badass by teaching how we can be happy and successful while having moxie and style at the same time.
"Your life changes. Everything has to be done perfectly, and I didn’t follow that. I lived my life as if I wasn’t in the public eye. I thought, ‘I’m young. I have the right to experience new things, and if I want to go to a bar and get drunk, that’s my prerogative."
"Labels are boring and often have nothing to do with the person; it is just the way others perceive you, or choose to perceive you."
Shannen Doherty will always be admired for the courage and authenticity that she showed while leading her life both professionally and personally.
