Speaker 1: This is Let's Be Clear with Shannon Darney.
Speaker 2: Hello, Let's Be Clear family. This is Lorraine, Shannon's producer.
Speaker 2: I can tell you that your love and support meant
Speaker 2: so much to her and she looked forward to connecting
Speaker 2: with you each week. In this episode, we wanted to
Speaker 2: share some heartfelt messages and comforting words from people she
Speaker 2: worked with throughout the years. Also, the Let's Be Clearer
Speaker 2: team invites you to send in your message for Shannon
Speaker 2: for a special fan tribute episode. Please call one eight
Speaker 2: four four four Shando. That's one eight four four four
Speaker 2: seven four two six three six. We will include as
Speaker 2: many messages as we can and thank you again. This
Speaker 2: one's for you, Shannon.
Speaker 3: Holly Marie Combe starred as Shannon's sister Uncharmed, but their
Speaker 3: real life friendship began years before that. Holly describes their
Speaker 3: unbreakable bond and Shannon's unwavering support throughout the years.
Speaker 4: I've tried for days to put my thoughts in order,
Speaker 4: and my mind is just racing, and I think trying
Speaker 4: to hang on to the memories. But this is probably
Speaker 4: one of the hardest things I'm ever going to have
Speaker 4: to do, and I think every step forward kind of
Speaker 4: makes it a little bit more real, and I can
Speaker 4: also hear her over here going make it good, better,
Speaker 4: make it good. I think Shannon would be really pleasantly
Speaker 4: surprised by the outbaring of love and emotion that has
Speaker 4: come from so many different people in places, because she
Speaker 4: really did often feel like the underdog and vilified, and
Speaker 4: that she had to prove herself in so many different ways.
Speaker 4: I think she'd be really surprised and shocked by how
Speaker 4: many people have reached out and said really beautiful things
Speaker 4: about her. Apparently she even texted some of my ex boyfriends,
Speaker 4: which I'll have a conversation with her about that another day,
Speaker 4: but yeah, no, that was uncalled for. But literally all
Speaker 4: of her exes except for one who should say nothing
Speaker 4: because nothing he can never say will ever make anything better.
Speaker 4: I have said beautiful words, and so many people are
Speaker 4: really torn up emotionally still, and it's just a testament
Speaker 4: to who she was as a person as opposed to
Speaker 4: what you read or saul in a tabloid. And I
Speaker 4: can definitely say I'm at the anger part. I'm at
Speaker 4: the stage of grief that is making me angry, and
Speaker 4: I keep looking online like I'm looking to pick a fight,
Speaker 4: and I'm looking for anything that anybody says negatively so
Speaker 4: that I can correct them, and I'm really not finding
Speaker 4: any I'm angry and I'm sad she doesn't get to
Speaker 4: see the places that she wanted to. And I'm angry
Speaker 4: and sad that once again I've lost, you know, that
Speaker 4: person that you can call in the middle of the night,
Speaker 4: to cancer. I've lost another friend to cancer. And it's
Speaker 4: really hard when you lose someone who should have and
Speaker 4: really wanted to live along in full life, not just
Speaker 4: for herself, but for other people in her family. You know,
Speaker 4: when I went through tough times in my life, some
Speaker 4: really horrible stuff, and one day I showed up on
Speaker 4: her door step, and I didn't know how bad I
Speaker 4: looked physically until I saw it on her face, and
Speaker 4: I saw her face change, and I knew I must
Speaker 4: have been pretty beat up. To her credit, she never
Speaker 4: shied away, she never took a step back, and if
Speaker 4: something was wrong, she went full end to help me
Speaker 4: fix it. And I think that's because she had seen
Speaker 4: so much pain and trauma in her own life that
Speaker 4: she didn't want to see anybody else go through it.
Speaker 4: And whether it was me or my kids. She was
Speaker 4: literally always a phone call away. So it's heart. I
Speaker 4: spent all day looking all day yesterday looking for a picture,
Speaker 4: one picture that I cannot find, and I'm sure this
Speaker 4: amuses her. And I found a bunch of other pictures
Speaker 4: from twenty thirty years ago, and you know, I for
Speaker 4: one split second I saw one that I was like, oh,
Speaker 4: I should send this.
Speaker 5: To her, because it's so unbelievable that, even knowing she
Speaker 5: was sick, we just thought we had more time.
Speaker 4: And she definitely did think she had more time. So
Speaker 4: I guess for me, that's the lesson is that you
Speaker 4: think you have time, but you don't. And not many
Speaker 4: people could do what Sheannon did in one day. She
Speaker 4: was just like a tornado of energy.
Speaker 6: But I think that's the thing to take away from
Speaker 6: all of this is you think you have time, and
Speaker 6: so you know, she would give me an awful hard
Speaker 6: time that I don't say I love you enough.
Speaker 4: To anyone. It's not on a like you know, personal oasis,
Speaker 4: but to anyone in general. And so I would say, Krishannon,
Speaker 4: you know, tell the people you love that you love
Speaker 4: and live like there is no tomorrow, because that's what
Speaker 4: she did, and Okay, have a nice day.
Speaker 3: He was a Beverly Hills nine two to one oh
Speaker 3: fan since his days working at a convenience store in
Speaker 3: New Jersey. As an aspiring director, he could never have
Speaker 3: imagined he would one day cast Brenda Walsh in one
Speaker 3: of his first films, Mal Rats. Kevin Smith remembers his
Speaker 3: dear friend, who affectionately nicknamed Do Dough.
Speaker 7: When I was in my early twenties and I was
Speaker 7: working at this little convenience dur in New Jersey called
Speaker 7: quick Stop, we had no cable TV. The Internet was
Speaker 7: still years away, so I started bringing into TV with
Speaker 7: rabbit ears. I was there by myself most of the day,
Speaker 7: so I bring a TV, plug it in and had
Speaker 7: antennas so you can turn the dial and watch like
Speaker 7: four channels maybe came in. One of them came in
Speaker 7: very well with Fox, So I watched nine oh two
Speaker 7: one Ohero from the beginning Man and there. I'd be
Speaker 7: working at nights at quick Stop and I would have
Speaker 7: it on. I would also tape it at the same time,
Speaker 7: because sometimes you get busy helping customers, and so I
Speaker 7: didn't want to miss anything. If I did, I'd be
Speaker 7: able to roll it back again, we didn't have any
Speaker 7: streaming services or anything like that at this point. So
Speaker 7: I remember my my I think it was Thursday nights,
Speaker 7: maybe Wednesday nights, sitting at quick Stop watching the Little
Speaker 7: Girl from Heather's you know, in her own show. I'd
Speaker 7: seen and Shannon, like you know, saw Shannon and in
Speaker 7: uh Nightshift, Ron Howard's Nightshift where she was like mugger,
Speaker 7: So I knew who she was. And of course we
Speaker 7: all loved others. So when you know, nine oh two
Speaker 7: and oh kicked off, it's like, oh, that's the that's
Speaker 7: the Header's girl. And to say that that show was
Speaker 7: a pop cultural phenomenon as a complete understatement. It broke
Speaker 7: the Internet before the Internet even existed. But I would
Speaker 7: watch you know, Brenda's Adventures with Dylan, Kelly Brandon and Donna.
Speaker 7: And then one day I made a movie and they
Speaker 7: were like, great, now you get to make another movie.
Speaker 7: And when I was making that second movie, before I
Speaker 7: made it, friend of mine was like, you should get
Speaker 7: Shannon Doherty from All Rats and I was like, oh
Speaker 7: my god, I hadn't thought of that, Like, really you
Speaker 7: think she'd do it? I mean she just left nine
Speaker 7: oh two and oh and my friend Malcolm's like, she's up.
Speaker 7: She'll totally do it. Man, She's She's an American icon.
Speaker 7: So they said way back in nineteen ninety five, ninety four,
Speaker 7: or we even start shooting in ninety five. And so
Speaker 7: I told Shannon when I was on her podcast, when
Speaker 7: I was on listening clear that you know, when I
Speaker 7: went to work on Alrets, when we went to Minnesota
Speaker 7: to shoot the movie, it was almost as if you
Speaker 7: know the business, Hollywood whatever, you know, I'd arrived with
Speaker 7: my first movie, but here I was about to take
Speaker 7: make my second movie, first with the studio, first with
Speaker 7: a real budget. And the first person from the industry
Speaker 7: to meet me over this bridge that I crossed thanks
Speaker 7: to making clerks, the first person in the business of
Speaker 7: professional who was there to welcome me was Shannon. And
Speaker 7: I always found that wonderful and bittersweet and ironic that
Speaker 7: I spent so many nights watching her on this little
Speaker 7: television grainy TV, and then I saw her in all
Speaker 7: her glory in real life, no grain whatsoever. I had
Speaker 7: a crush on her then I'll always have a crush
Speaker 7: on her. She was a force of nature. She was
Speaker 7: a wonderful Renee in malrats, and I'm so lucky that
Speaker 7: I got to work with her. I mean, let's be honest,
Speaker 7: I was lucky to have known her at all. I
Speaker 7: love you, Shan See at the mall one day.
Speaker 3: He played Brenda Walsh's father, Jim Walsh on Beverly Hills
Speaker 3: nine O two one oh. He appeared with Shannon in
Speaker 3: one hundred and eleven episodes and remembers her warmth on
Speaker 3: the set. James Eckhouse, Hi, James Ekhouse, I played Shn's
Speaker 3: dad to went out one of many worlds.
Speaker 8: Shannon brought her effervescent spirit too. Had huge influence upon
Speaker 8: my heartaches for Shenon's family, friends, and fans. You were
Speaker 8: a ferocious spirit. You were ferocious in your work, your talent.
Speaker 8: You're ferocious in your love. You're ferocious in your courageous
Speaker 8: battle with cancer. I really loved working with you both
Speaker 8: as actor and director. Yeah, you always brought all of
Speaker 8: your heart to every.
Speaker 9: Scene, and when I brought my young kids to the set,
Speaker 9: I'm forever grateful to you for being so welcoming, so kind.
Speaker 8: They never forgot that we honor you and we treasure you.
Speaker 8: You will be sorely missed.
Speaker 3: He played Leo on one hundred and forty five episodes
Speaker 3: of Charmed. He remembers how supportive Shannon was from his
Speaker 3: very first day on the set and how warm she
Speaker 3: was as a friend ever since.
Speaker 10: Hello, all yeah, let's be clear podcast listeners, fans of
Speaker 10: Shannon Doherty. Incredible, amazing Shannon Doherty. This is Brian Kraus
Speaker 10: from Charmed.
Speaker 11: Leo.
Speaker 10: I just wanted to share a quick moment about Shannon
Speaker 10: and how we met and when we met and how
Speaker 10: she's changed my life.
Speaker 12: I imagined when.
Speaker 10: Before our palc is about myself getting on the show.
Speaker 12: I had met Shannon before, you.
Speaker 10: Know, out of the club and of Los Angeles and
Speaker 10: all that was in the nineties, and so when I
Speaker 10: got on the show up Charmed, I was really nervous to.
Speaker 12: Show up and perform in front of her.
Speaker 10: I knew the stakes were raised that you know, I
Speaker 10: had heard rumors and blah blah blah. And I got on,
Speaker 10: I knew my lines, I did my thing, and she
Speaker 10: just looked over him and she kind of gave a
Speaker 10: little wink in a good job, and you know, to
Speaker 10: get her approval that I had formed well and done well.
Speaker 10: It meant everything.
Speaker 12: And then when.
Speaker 10: I was told I was going to be a regular
Speaker 10: on the show, it was actually Shannon who had said
Speaker 10: to me, because when you had powers on Charmed, you
Speaker 10: usually were a bad guy and you died. And she
Speaker 10: took me aside and she said, no, you're a good guy,
Speaker 10: and you're going to stick around, and you just keep
Speaker 10: doing what you're doing and you'll be around for a while.
Speaker 10: And it was her way of saying, you know, good job,
Speaker 10: keep showing up and keep kicking ass and kind of
Speaker 10: joining me, opening her wings and allowing me to be
Speaker 10: a part of her family. And I was so honored
Speaker 10: by it that Charmed had this let's kick some ass
Speaker 10: and make really good entertainment, and that was all Shannon
Speaker 10: at the Helm and setting the standard of what professionalism was.
Speaker 10: And I'll never forget it. And I've been so lucky
Speaker 10: the last few years to have gotten to know her
Speaker 10: as we've done comic cons and this podcast, and to
Speaker 10: know Shannon is a human and her enduring spirit.
Speaker 12: Of anything as possible.
Speaker 10: And if I could say anything to let's be clear fans,
Speaker 10: Shannon really believed anything was possible with hard work, determination
Speaker 10: of vision, let's go get it.
Speaker 12: And I don't think.
Speaker 10: I ever should heard her say I don't know how,
Speaker 10: or oh what if, or it can't. It wasn't a
Speaker 10: part of her For Cabin Larry, it was oh, we've
Speaker 10: run into a wall. Okay, let's fix this, let's get
Speaker 10: this done, let's do this. No, let's take action. And
Speaker 10: I think anything I could pass on that rubbed off
Speaker 10: on me that meant so much was our work ethic
Speaker 10: and desire to do what she wanted to do and
Speaker 10: live fearlessly. And I'm going to take that with me
Speaker 10: and try and do it every day, every day, every day.
Speaker 10: I love Shannon so much and I wish I got
Speaker 10: a chance to tell her that she's an amazing, amazing
Speaker 10: human being. And I want to thank you all that
Speaker 10: listened to our podcast or watched Charmed and followed Shannon
Speaker 10: that may have crossed over to us, because any piece
Speaker 10: of that was just a byproduct being a fan of hers,
Speaker 10: I'm sure made you a fan of ours. And I
Speaker 10: just feel really lucky that I was able to be
Speaker 10: a part of it. I'm forever grateful for her friendship.
Speaker 3: He played her nephew, Chris halliwell Uncharmed and was one
Speaker 3: of her co hosts on her latest project, the House
Speaker 3: of Hallowell podcast Drew Fuller.
Speaker 13: Hey, this is Drew Fuller, Shannon's friend and co host
Speaker 13: on The House Haliwell and in honor of her, Let's
Speaker 13: be very clear, Shannon was a warrior. She faced adversity
Speaker 13: head on with everything that she got and refused to
Speaker 13: be a victim. She lived her life with so much passion,
Speaker 13: with love and a fearlessness that I will strive daily
Speaker 13: to replicate. She's inspired, hired millions of people, She's inspired me,
Speaker 13: and I will love her forever, and I hope each
Speaker 13: and every one of you listening will honor her spirit
Speaker 13: by living the way she lived.
Speaker 3: He played inspector Darryl Morris in seventy eight episodes of Charmed.
Speaker 3: Shannon won him over from his first day on the set,
Speaker 3: Dorian Gregory, when.
Speaker 14: I'm coong, remember me with a smile and the laughter
Speaker 14: and the joy that we shared together, and that way it.
Speaker 15: Will live forever sentimens.
Speaker 14: I couldn't say it or express the wish Shannon does,
Speaker 14: but I was impacted by that.
Speaker 15: First thing on set. I heard this amazing laughter.
Speaker 14: I looked around the corner and it was Holly and
Speaker 14: Shannon sharing a moment have.
Speaker 15: Such genuine, real laughter.
Speaker 14: I walked over first days awkward, she welcomed me warmly,
Speaker 14: and that was and then a lot.
Speaker 15: I come from a house of strong women to turn.
Speaker 14: Accomplished and sharp as sharks, sharp as sharkingby.
Speaker 15: That was him.
Speaker 14: My father passed from cancer, and my woman's mother passed
Speaker 14: with cancer.
Speaker 15: A longbow, So I have a little idea of.
Speaker 14: What happens on the day to day. I say this
Speaker 14: because I remember Shannon a year ago and her autographs
Speaker 14: on me. It's the last time I actually was there
Speaker 14: physically around her and her wit and her warmth and
Speaker 14: her energy and her strength just as strong as ever,
Speaker 14: and her generosity and care for her fans of making
Speaker 14: him feel individual in her and.
Speaker 15: Important as she always has.
Speaker 14: In every convention I've been with her, every time i've
Speaker 14: been in her presence. A week ago we did a
Speaker 14: podcasts and Shannon and sharing her years of experience in
Speaker 14: this distance and the ends and outs and the ups
Speaker 14: and downs, and her artistic affectionism, and that was so
Speaker 14: wonderful to hear, and her excitement about life. So I remember, Fred,
Speaker 14: you've been packing, Bennie, and with love, I remember.
Speaker 3: Shannon Doherty appeared in eight episodes of the two thousand
Speaker 3: and eight nine O two one oh reboot. In that
Speaker 3: short time, she made an immense impact on actress. She
Speaker 3: remembers how Shannon took her under her wing and taught
Speaker 3: her to embrace her own strength.
Speaker 16: I owe more to Shannon than I'm sure she ever knew,
Speaker 16: than most people know.
Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, my voice is already shaking.
Speaker 16: If it weren't for Shannon, I would not be who
Speaker 16: I am in so many more ways than one. I
Speaker 16: had the good fortune of being cast on the spin
Speaker 16: off series of nine O two one to zero in
Speaker 16: two thousand and eight, playing the character Annie Wilson, who
Speaker 16: was part of the brother's sister duo that moved from
Speaker 16: a small town to Beverly Hills. And the only reason
Speaker 16: why that happened is because Shannon Doherty created one of
Speaker 16: the most iconic characters ever to be on television in
Speaker 16: my opinion, and I think a lot of people would.
Speaker 1: Agree with me on that one. Obviously, mister Aaron Spelling created.
Speaker 16: That series, but it was the cast, and namely Shannon Doherty.
Speaker 16: She created the character that we all fell in love with,
Speaker 16: and it is because of her and the nine to
Speaker 16: two ONO cast that my show ever existed.
Speaker 1: And I had the incredible fortune.
Speaker 16: Of stepping into a tiny version of her shoes and.
Speaker 1: Hopefully follow into her footsteps in a way that made
Speaker 1: Shannon proud.
Speaker 16: Because Shannon was so warm and so lovely and so
Speaker 16: fiercely strong and unapologetic, and she is the type of
Speaker 16: woman that I have always aspired to be.
Speaker 1: And it was watching her do it despite.
Speaker 16: Everything that she was met with and continue to forge ahead,
Speaker 16: being true to who she was that gave me the
Speaker 16: confidence to do the same, no matter how much resistance
Speaker 16: I've been met with throughout my life. Because of that,
Speaker 16: and there, I've said it before, There's really not been
Speaker 16: much of a blueprint for how to be a strong,
Speaker 16: unapologeticly strong woman in a world and society that is
Speaker 16: so determined to tell you not to.
Speaker 1: But she did it.
Speaker 16: She did it, and she, as far as I'm concerned,
Speaker 16: is one of the very few that is the blueprint.
Speaker 16: It's women like Shannon Doherty that give the rest of
Speaker 16: us permission and confidence to demand what we deserve, stand
Speaker 16: up for ourselves, and not take any shit. And I
Speaker 16: hope I'm allowed to say that, but I think Shannon.
Speaker 1: Would be okay with it.
Speaker 16: In my short time of getting the job on I
Speaker 16: two zero and starting to film and being a part
Speaker 16: of the tabloid fodder and media craze that was at
Speaker 16: that time, it was only a little why into that
Speaker 16: process and that experience that I met Shannon and had
Speaker 16: the privilege to actually work with her portraying the character
Speaker 16: of Brenda alongside.
Speaker 1: Me on NINEO two and O.
Speaker 16: And at that point, already in just a short window
Speaker 16: of time, I had been so mentally broken down by
Speaker 16: the experience. You know, I was eighteen when I moved
Speaker 16: out to La to take on the job. I was
Speaker 16: by myself, left my family back home, really didn't know
Speaker 16: anybody other than my cast. And the behind the scenes
Speaker 16: drama that Beverly Hills Nino two and O was known
Speaker 16: for definitely was recreated behind the scenes of our spinoff
Speaker 16: of nine O two and O as well. And I
Speaker 16: think Shannon and I am not having ever spoken about it,
Speaker 16: but I think a lot of our experiences, or the
Speaker 16: experiences I had, mirrored a lot of the experiences that
Speaker 16: she had. Meeting her that day in the trailer, I
Speaker 16: was so excit because she was my favorite character from
Speaker 16: the original show. I had watched it with my mom
Speaker 16: growing up, so I was a super fan of her already,
Speaker 16: and I think, you know, brown hair like, she was
Speaker 16: the gorgeous brunette for the show, so I felt most
Speaker 16: like tied to her, and I was so nervous meeting her,
Speaker 16: and she literally just like welcomed me into her trailer
Speaker 16: with the biggest smile and the warmest hug, and it
Speaker 16: was like.
Speaker 1: I don't even know if she meant to communicate this
Speaker 1: with her hug, but.
Speaker 16: It made me feel so seen and like I was
Speaker 16: not alone in everything that I was experiencing at that time,
Speaker 16: because it.
Speaker 1: Was a lot.
Speaker 16: It was a lot for an eighteen nineteen year old
Speaker 16: girl to go through. And getting that hug from her,
Speaker 16: knowing that she experienced so much at times a million
Speaker 16: when she was my age, like, was everything to me
Speaker 16: because all I saw with this was this beautiful, strong
Speaker 16: woman who was so resilient, who had made it out
Speaker 16: of that experience still with her chin held high, fire
Speaker 16: in her belly and being true to who she was,
Speaker 16: and to me, that was Shannon Doherty. So you know,
Speaker 16: it's no surprise to me that she went on to
Speaker 16: fight this very long battle as fiercely as she did,
Speaker 16: and I, you know, I'm gutted that I never had
Speaker 16: the opportunity to get back in touch with her. I
Speaker 16: tried to kind of connect through people, but you know,
Speaker 16: I was so young when we met, and our paths
Speaker 16: literally never crossed again. Otherwise, you know, having made it
Speaker 16: through that experience, learning everything that I did, fighting so
Speaker 16: hard to maintain that Shannon energy that.
Speaker 17: Existed within me, and that she gave me the confidence
Speaker 17: to hold on to despite it all, I would have loved, loved,
Speaker 17: loved to, you know, just share this with her, but
Speaker 17: I didn't get that opportunity.
Speaker 16: And it's truly such an honor to be able to
Speaker 16: share these words with the listener of her podcast, which
Speaker 16: I know is a really important passion project for her.
Speaker 16: And I know that the fans listening to this love
Speaker 16: Shannon as much and as deeply as I do. And
Speaker 16: I know that her memory will live on for a
Speaker 16: very very long time as the blueprint.
Speaker 18: The queen of the Badasses that give us all permission
Speaker 18: and confidence to be who we are, to demand respect,
Speaker 18: and to never settle for anything less.
Speaker 1: Than what we deserve.
Speaker 16: So I am eternally grateful to her, and I'm sure
Speaker 16: she's listening somewhere, and I hope that the message comes
Speaker 16: through loud and clear. Just thank you, Thank you, Shannon
Speaker 16: Doherty for genuinely, on so how many levels making me
Speaker 16: the woman that I am today.
Speaker 3: He starred with Shannon on Little House on the Prairie.
Speaker 19: Hi, everyone, my name is Dean Butler. I played Almanzel
Speaker 19: Wilder on the NBC series Little House on the Prairie.
Speaker 19: I worked with Shannon Doherty forty years ago when Shannon
Speaker 19: joined the cast of Little House to play the role
Speaker 19: of Jenny Wilder, my niece on the series. When we
Speaker 19: met Shannon for the first time at the beginning of
Speaker 19: season nine of Little House, she made a very strong impression.
Speaker 19: And that impression there were a couple of things. One,
Speaker 19: she was talented. There was no doubt that Shannon had
Speaker 19: a gift. And the other thing that you couldn't miss
Speaker 19: about Shannon is that Shannon was determined to make something
Speaker 19: of herself in the entertainment industry. She had one of
Speaker 19: the most powerful motors in that area that I've ever
Speaker 19: seen in all the years that I've been around our industry.
Speaker 19: Shannon left us way too soon, but not unlike someone
Speaker 19: else that she and I both worked with on Little House,
Speaker 19: Michael Landon, who died at the age of fifty four
Speaker 19: from pancreatic cancer. Shannon fit a lot of life into
Speaker 19: her fifty three years, and she will be remembered for it.
Speaker 19: As we celebrate fifty years of Little House on the
Speaker 19: Prairie this year, it's very important to me that people
Speaker 19: know and remember that Shannon was a part and a
Speaker 19: special part of Little House on the Prairie, one of
Speaker 19: the great family dramas in the history of television. It
Speaker 19: was early in her career, but she'll be remembered for
Speaker 19: the work that she did with us, and the work
Speaker 19: she did with so many other people in so many
Speaker 19: other shows projects for years to come. I sent my
Speaker 19: most heartfelt condolences to Shannon's family and friends and fans
Speaker 19: all over the world who are thinking a lot about
Speaker 19: her right now. Shannon will be remembered.
Speaker 15: She wanted that way.
Speaker 3: Tory Spelling's younger brother, Randy, was still a child when
Speaker 3: he first met Shannon Doherty. He was struck by her
Speaker 3: beauty and personality, and that admiration continued throughout his life.
Speaker 20: Randy's Spelling ever since I saw that smile on Little
Speaker 20: House on the Prairie. It just lit up the screen.
Speaker 20: And Shannon lit up the screen, every screen that she
Speaker 20: was on. She lit up a room, every room that
Speaker 20: she was in. She just had this energy about her,
Speaker 20: and she was small and she was slight, but she
Speaker 20: just had such a big presence and energy that you
Speaker 20: could feel tough at times, soft and sweet at times.
Speaker 20: We had some beautiful exchanges over Instagram before we got
Speaker 20: a chance to reconnect when she was on our podcast Oldish,
Speaker 20: and that was really a thrill for me. I was
Speaker 20: shocked because just a few months ago there was so
Speaker 20: much life in her. I just did not see this
Speaker 20: coming so soon.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 20: I just have the best memories of her with my
Speaker 20: sister Tory coming over to the house and I watched
Speaker 20: my first Madonna concert on TV with them, and I
Speaker 20: think they were both wearing white VNX at the time.
Speaker 20: Shannon used to love white VNX. When I think of Shannon,
Speaker 20: I always think of a white v neck and that smile. Shannon,
Speaker 20: and you will be so missed. You will always be
Speaker 20: my first legitimate crush. And I know you were greeted
Speaker 20: by so many loved ones thank you for being you
Speaker 20: and for being so committed to that which you believed
Speaker 20: in and showing that to the world. No matter what
Speaker 20: it was, you had this incredible commitment and tenacity and
Speaker 20: drive and passion to go after what it is that
Speaker 20: you believed in.
Speaker 3: He played Andrea Zuckerman's husband Jesse on Beverly Hills nine
Speaker 3: oh two one oh Mark Damon Espinoza tells us what
Speaker 3: he'll always remember about Shannon Doherty.
Speaker 11: I know how hard it is to watch people you
Speaker 11: love fight so hard against such a formidable opponent. Shannon
Speaker 11: shan gave it hell and the spirits she's known for
Speaker 11: and and frankly will be remembered for I shall continue
Speaker 11: to inspire a lot of others to fight as well.
Speaker 11: So know that I send my best to all of
Speaker 11: you right now at this difficult time. Our paths didn't
Speaker 11: cross nearly as much as I wish they had. You know,
Speaker 11: we only ever shared a handful of scenes. Our storylines
Speaker 11: were always going in different directions, and I'm really sorry
Speaker 11: we didn't have more opportunities to actually work together on screen.
Speaker 11: She was a terrific actress. However, when we did pass
Speaker 11: on the set at the studio wherever we were, you know,
Speaker 11: make up, trailer or wardrobe or whatever. She was always
Speaker 11: really really nice to me. And at the time, it
Speaker 11: would have been very easy for me to be intimidated.
Speaker 11: You know, I was working with some of, if not
Speaker 11: the most famous young people on the planet at that time.
Speaker 11: They didn't have to be nice. Shannon was, however, And
Speaker 11: I'll always remember that one quick added. It was years
Speaker 11: after not a two one oh, and she was shooting
Speaker 11: something at the gym where I was working out. I'm
Speaker 11: not sure. I think it was a TV movie or
Speaker 11: something something like that, and I was a mess. I
Speaker 11: was just coming from a run and I was sweaty,
Speaker 11: and but she saw me from a good distance away
Speaker 11: and stopped production, came over to me, gave me this
Speaker 11: huge hug and wanted to know how I was doing.
Speaker 11: And she didn't let me go until I told her.
Speaker 11: I mean, not everyone would hug a sweaty guy at
Speaker 11: the gym after they've been in hair and makeup and
Speaker 11: and have a crew waiting. But that that's that's a
Speaker 11: shann and I'll keep in my heart, you know. That's
Speaker 11: that's the one I'll remember for the rest of my
Speaker 11: my own life. You know, none of us are immortal,
Speaker 11: and our time is far too short. Hers was far,
Speaker 11: far too short. But her energy, her her fight, her spirit,
Speaker 11: That'll live on.
Speaker 3: That'll live on, he appealed in three episodes of Beverly
Speaker 3: Hill's nine O two to one oh, but it was
Speaker 3: later in life that he was able to experience Shannon's warmth.
Speaker 3: David Lasher, Hi, it's David Lasher.
Speaker 21: I just wanted to share my sadness and my memories
Speaker 21: about Shannon. You know, I always admired her for being
Speaker 21: such a strong woman. She knew what exactly what her
Speaker 21: voice was. She didn't pander to anybody. And when I
Speaker 21: did those nine oh two one oh episodes, I became
Speaker 21: closer with Jenny and Tory. My scenes weren't with Shannon,
Speaker 21: and she was a tough nut to crack, to be honest,
Speaker 21: she was guarded, but then we became friendly. When she
Speaker 21: married my friend Ashley Hamilton, it was a brief marriage,
Speaker 21: but I spent a lot of time at her house
Speaker 21: and I stood up at their wedding with only a
Speaker 21: few people and we then I really got to know her,
Speaker 21: and she had this she had this soft side to
Speaker 21: her that I think a lot of people didn't know,
Speaker 21: and she was a beautiful soul, and to see such
Speaker 21: a strong person have to fight the fight that she
Speaker 21: went through was so heartbreaking and I really thought she
Speaker 21: was winning. And I'm just so sad and heartbroken, and
Speaker 21: I love her soul and I hope she's at peace.