Shannen Doherty ‘desperately’ wanted children and to become a mom

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she died after a nearly decade-long battle with cancer July 13. Doherty’s publicist, Leslie Sloane, confirmed the star’s death.

She was 53. In a January episode of her podcast “Let’s Be Clear,” featuring her oncologist Dr. Lawrence Piro, Doherty said that she had been “desperately” trying to conceive with her former husband before her cancer relapsed in 2019.“Not only did I want a child for myself, but I wanted it for my husband.

I wanted it for our marriage. I wanted him to have that part of himself fulfilled as well,” Doherty said.Doherty married Kurt Iswarienko in 2011, which she described as “later in years.” The actress explained that the couple faced challenges due to their age when they tried to pursue parenthood.“So when it was time to have that decision, we needed IVF, and I did a bunch of rounds of it,” the “Charmed” star continued.Despite her efforts, she had to halt treatment due to menopause and her ongoing health battles, which included a mastectomy in 2016.After a period of remission in 2017, Doherty said in February 2020 that her cancer had progressed to terminal stage 4.

By November 2023, it had spread to her brain and bones.Doherty and Iswarienko separated in early 2023. With hopes for the future, she told People in November 2023 that she had a newfound openness to love again.“I don’t really know what it looks like,” she said at the time.