Current:Home > ContactTori Spelling Pens Moving Tribute to Late Costar Luke Perry on What Would've Been His 57th Birthday -InvestTomorrow
Tori Spelling Pens Moving Tribute to Late Costar Luke Perry on What Would've Been His 57th Birthday
View
Date:2025-04-11 13:51:58
Tori Spelling is honoring the late Luke Perry.
The actress shared a heartfelt tribute to her Beverly Hills, 90210 costar on social media while marking what would've been his 57th birthday.
"Could be a million people in the room but he always made you feel like you were the only one," Tori wrote on her Instagram Stories Oct. 11 alongside a throwback photo of the duo. "Good kind humans are a rare breed. I don't know that many sadly. He was one. Happy birthday. Missing you always."
Luke died in March 2019 after suffering a stroke. He was 52 years old.
In the years since his sudden death, Tori has been among the many 90210 cast members to express how much Luke meant to them.
"You are missed so much," she wrote in an Instagram message on what would've been his 55th birthday in 2021. "Not a day goes by that I don't think about you. You were one of a kind."
The So Notorious alum also shared how the Riverdale actor had been there for her during their long friendship.
"I remember meeting you as a young insecure teen girl," she continued. "You were the first boy to ever make me feel worth as a human, a female , and a comedienne. As a friend and big brother. You stood up for me fiercely. Went to brawl literally for me when I was in a verbally abusive relationship and sat and talked me thru the most insecure moments of a teen angst girls life."
And Tori knows that Luke's legacy will live on.
"I'll forever be ‘camel.' The name you nicknamed me bc of my long eyelashes," she added in part of her post. "You had a way of making every single human feel confident, heard, and special the minute they met you. Your energy was pure selfless love. A giver in this ungiving life. Your loving nature carried thru decades."
To look back at Luke's life in pictures, keep reading.
After countless auditions, the Ohio native landed his first role as Ned Bates on the soap opera Loving in the late '80s.
After a few years of soap opera work, Perry landed the role of a lifetime as resident rebel Dylan McKay on Beverly Hills, 90210. The show lasted for 10 seasons and became a cult classic.
The success of the show turned Perry and his castmates into breakout stars and helped them amass significant fan followings.
On the personal front, he wed Minnie Sharp in 1993 and the two calling it quits in 2003. At the time of his death, he was engaged to Wendy Madison Bauer.
Perry became a dad times two during his marriage to Sharp, first to son Jack in 1997 and then to daughter Sophie in 2000.
Perry landed a variety of roles on TV shows in his years after 90210, from Oz and Jeremiah to John from Cincinnati. In 2017, he was cast in The CW's show, Riverdale.
He appeared on Riverdale as Fred Andrews for three seasons of the show. At the time of his passing, he had also been cast in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Scott Lancer.
In 2015, he faced a colorectal cancer scare after a colonoscopy revealed precancerous growths. Just days after suffering a stroke in March 2019, Perry passed away surrounded by his loved ones.
For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News AppveryGood! (73585)
Related
- Trump's 'stop
- Australia pushes against China’s Pacific influence through a security pact with Papua New Guinea
- Air quality had gotten better in parts of the U.S. — but wildfire smoke is reversing those improvements, researchers say
- Soda for your dog? Jones releases drink catered to canines (and 'adventurous' owners)
- Former Danish minister for Greenland discusses Trump's push to acquire island
- Lawmakers to vote on censuring Rep. Jamaal Bowman for pulling a fire alarm in House office building
- Massachusetts governor says AI, climate technology and robotics are part of state’s economic future
- UK says Russia’s intelligence service behind sustained attempts to meddle in British democracy
- DoorDash steps up driver ID checks after traffic safety complaints
- Life Goes On Actress Andrea Fay Friedman Dead at 53
Ranking
- What do we know about the mysterious drones reported flying over New Jersey?
- George Santos joins Cameo app, charging $400 a video. People are buying.
- The Daily Money: America's top 1% earners control more wealth than the entire middle class
- Russell Simmons speaks out on 2017 rape, assault allegations: 'The climate was different'
- Former Danish minister for Greenland discusses Trump's push to acquire island
- Trump tells supporters, ‘Guard the vote.’ Here’s the phrase’s backstory and why it’s raising concern
- Her alcoholic father died and missed her wedding. She forgives him anyway.
- Who are the starting quarterbacks for New England Patriots vs. Pittsburgh Steelers?
Recommendation
NHL in ASL returns, delivering American Sign Language analysis for Deaf community at Winter Classic
J Balvin returns to his reggaeton roots on the romantic ‘Amigos’ — and no, it is not about Bad Bunny
With $25 Million and Community Collaboration, Baltimore Is Becoming a Living Climate Lab
The Daily Money: America's top 1% earners control more wealth than the entire middle class
Taylor Swift Eras Archive site launches on singer's 35th birthday. What is it?
Her dog died from a respiratory illness. Now she’s trying to help others.
Worried about retirement funds running dry? Here are 3 moves worth making.
UNLV shooting suspect dead after 3 killed on campus, Las Vegas police say