Julian McMahon and Shannen Doherty briefly dated through the making of their traditional TV collection Charmed.
Tragically, the Charmed costars died inside one 12 months of one another after they each battled most cancers. Doherty handed away at 53 in July 2024, whereas McMahon’s dying was confirmed almost one 12 months afterward July 4, 2025. The actor was 56.
The previous couple reportedly acquired collectively throughout Charmed’s third season in 2001, which turned out to be Doherty’s final taking part in Prue Halliwell. On the time, Doherty’s departure – and the on-screen dying of her character – have been blamed partially on off-screen pressure with costar Alyssa Milano, who performed Prue’s sister, Phoebe Halliwell. (Rose McGowan was finally forged as an extended misplaced Halliwell sister, Paige, to basically change Doherty’s Prue.)
Doherty and McMahon’s courting state of affairs throughout Charmed season 3 could have been particularly difficult since McMahon performed Milano’s on-screen love curiosity, Cole Turner. McMahon was additionally going by way of a divorce from first spouse, Baywatch star Brooke Burns, on the time.
Doherty addressed the tense Charmed set surroundings throughout a December 2023 interview with former costar Holly Marie Combs on her “Let’s Be Clear with Shannen Doherty” podcast. Combs briefly acknowledged Doherty and McMahon’s relationship as she mentioned the occasions that led as much as Doherty being dropped from Charmed in 2001.
“You already know, [Brian Krause, who played Leo] and [Alyssa] have been courting on the time when this all went down, which, to me, us being fully oblivious, to me was the worst half,” Combs mentioned. “The place, it was all kind of a part of this plan that was taking place and unfolding by way of over months. It was months of that 12 months. You have been courting Julian [McMahon]. So that you guys have been off in that world. Brian was off with Alyssa.”
Away from the Charmed set, Doherty and McMahon performed lovers within the 2001 TV film One other Day. Within the movie, Doherty’s character Kate developed emotions for childhood pal David (McMahon) after mysteriously being despatched again in time to 2 days earlier than her late boyfriend Paul’s dying in a hearth.
Shannen Doherty and Julian McMahon in 2001. Gregg DeGuire/WireImage
McMahon and Doherty have been reportedly already break up up by the point One other Day premiered. Having beforehand been married to actor Ashley Hamilton within the Nineties, Doherty wed poker participant Rick Salomon in 2002, although they have been granted an annulment the next 12 months. (Salomon went on to advertise a intercourse tape that he shot with ex-girlfriend Paris Hilton, and was later married to Pamela Anderson twice, between 2007 and 2008 and once more between 2014 and 2015.)
Doherty married her third husband, photographer Kurt Iswarienko, in 2011. They introduced their break up in April 2023, however their divorce was not finalized till hours earlier than Doherty’s dying from breast most cancers in July 2024.
In the meantime, McMahon’s first marriage was with Australian pop star Dannii Minogue between 1994 and 1995. Following his divorce from second spouse Burns in 2001, he tied the knot with third spouse Kelly Paniagua in 2014 and was together with her till his dying.
Previous to her July 2024 dying, Shannen Doherty made a reputation for herself in movie and tv. The actress, born in Memphis in April 1971, began her profession as a toddler star on Little Home on the Prairie and went on to look at the hours of darkness comedic movie Heathers. Doherty’s fame continued to develop after […]
McMahon’s household confirmed on July4 that he died following a personal battle with an unspecified type of most cancers. His former Charmed costar Combs mourned McMahon by expressing hope that he would reconnect with Doherty within the afterlife.
“Certainly one of a form is an understatement,” Combs remembered by way of Instagram. “Your unyielding zest for all times and loopy making humorousness will probably be sorely missed. The enjoyment and laughter you have been the direct reason behind will all the time be remembered.”
She then referenced Doherty in writing, “I hope you discover our woman pal and dance in these rose petals.”
McMahon is survived by his third spouse Paniagua and 25 year-old daughter Madison, who was born throughout his marriage to Burns.
“With an open coronary heart, I want to share with the world that my beloved husband, Julian McMahon, died peacefully this week after a valiant effort to beat most cancers,” his spouse, Kelly, mentioned in an announcement. “Julian beloved life. He beloved his household. He beloved his associates. He beloved his work, and he beloved his followers. His deepest want was to convey pleasure into as many lives as attainable.”
