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Shannen Doherty's Divorce Finalized Posthumously After Long Battle with Cancer

The '90210' star secured a rare posthumous divorce, ensuring her estranged husband could not claim her estate.

  • Doherty signed divorce papers a day before her death, with her ex signing on the day she died.
  • A judge granted the divorce two days after her passing, a rare legal occurrence.
  • The divorce settlement awarded Doherty her Malibu home, cars, and a Salvador Dalí painting.
  • Doherty's friends and family feared her estranged husband might contest her estate.
  • She battled breast cancer for nearly a decade, with the disease eventually spreading to her brain and bones.
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