How Shannen Doherty Got Heartbreakingly Candid About Kids, Motherhood, & Legacy Before Her Death

perezhilton.com:

Shannen Doherty still had dreams of becoming a mother before she died. As we reported, the 90210 star sadly succumbed to her illness over the weekend after a long battle with breast cancer.

At only 53 years old, the actress was taken from this world far too soon, and she left a lot of her dreams unfinished. And one of those was motherhood.

Just months before her passing, she spoke about her desire to carry her own children. Related: Rose McGowan Says She ‘Can’t Stop Crying’ In The Wake Of Shannen’s Death In a January episode of her Let’s Be Clear podcast, Shannen revealed her longtime desire for motherhood, saying she wanted to be able to “fulfill” her ex husband Kurt Iswarienko‘s wishes, as well: She went on to say that she decided not to take a hormone blocker to prevent and treat breast cancer after her 2017 remission due to the fact it could cause her to become infertile.

She decided to assume the risk because she hoped to have kids one day. She also noted alongside her oncologist Dr. Lawrence Piro that chemotherapy could cause menopause: In fact, the Charmed actress said her cancer battle just made her want to have her own children that much more: It’s so heartbreaking she’ll never get to live out that dream.