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Topics: Cancer, Celebrity, News, Shannen Doherty
Niamh Shackleton
Topics: Cancer, Celebrity, News, Shannen Doherty
Shannen Doherty's friend has blasted the late actress' estranged husband following her death.
Charmed star Doherty sadly died in recent days after losing her battle to breast cancer.
She was first diagnosed with the illness in 2015 and while she went into remission, Doherty's cancer returned in 2020.
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Eventually the disease spread to the 53-year-old's brain and bones, and she died on Saturday, July 13 aged just 53.
It has since emerged that in the days running up to her untimely death, Doherty finalized her divorce from her estranged husband Kurt Iswarienko.
The pair married in 2011, with Doherty going on to file for divorce in April 2023.
Over a year on from filing, Doherty and Isawrienko came to an agreement just a day before she died.
As per court documents obtained by PEOPLE, the actress signed a filing to waive spousal support on July 12.
Doherty is also said to have agreed to 'default or uncontested dissolution' of their marriage and came to an agreement regarding their property.
The divorce proceedings were far from smooth sailing for the pair, with Doherty going as far to claim that Isawrienko was 'waiting for her to die'.
In field paperwork, she stated: "It is simply not right that Kurt be permitted to prolong our divorce in hopes that I die before he is required to pay me while he continues to live his life and shirk his responsibilities to his dying wife of more than 11 years."
His attorney went on to deny this, however.
Following their difficult divorce and her tragic death, Doherty's friend has publicly berated Isawrienko for how he treated the late 90210 star while she was unwell.
Taking to LinkedIn, Tara Furiani wrote: "I’m really sad and upset about my friend Shannen’s death… Because of the divorce she was going through at the time."
The post continued: "She had stage 4 breast cancer that has metastasized to numerous parts of her body, death was inevitable and she knew that… made peace with that.
"But, her pain and suffering in the months preceding it didn’t have to be so profound if her husband was just a decent human being. Could have just displayed a little humanity to his dying wife.
"Life is so hard… life is extra hard with cancer and without the support you thought you’d have.
"If you have the opportunity to be a decent person, take it. You have no idea what people are dealing with and going through."
Furiani went on to encourage people to go for the healthcare screenings as 'we shouldn’t be losing people anymore to this'.
Isawrienko's reps have been approached for comment.