Some Sunday Reads

Obituary:   Today the public was told of the sad news that actress Shannen Doherty, 53, died after a nine-year battle with breast cancer.  She spoke often of her disease and her efforts to overcome it.

She died yesterday surrounded by family and her beloved dog, Bowie.

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The Beverly Hills 90210 star was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015 and spoke candidly to PEOPLE in November 2023 about her Stage 4 breast cancer, which had by then spread to her bones, saying at the time that she didn't "want to die."

“I’m not done with living. I’m not done with loving. I’m not done with creating. I’m not done with hopefully changing things for the better,” she told PEOPLE. "I’m just not — I’m not done.”

Following her 2015 diagnosis, the actress revealed in April 2017 that she had gone into remission, though by 2019, the cancer returned. The following year Doherty announced her diagnosis of metastatic stage 4 cancer. Then, in June of 2023, the actress shared that the cancer had spread to her brain and that she had undergone surgery.

She was only in her forties when she was diagnosed. Breast cancer can be particularly deadly at that age because it tends to be aggressive.

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Donald Trump has competition in the craziness contest in the form of Kari Lake.

Speaking of Trump, he will be at the RNC this week despite being shot at yesterday and ending up with a bloody ear.

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