'I'm going to be linked with him until I die, but that's actually just fine. I created Dylan McKay. He's mine.'
Luke Perry, who found heartthrob fame in the 1990s as the brooding Dylan McKay on"The family appreciates the outpouring of support and prayers that have been extended to Luke from around the world, and respectfully request privacy in this time of great mourning. No further details will be released at this time," his publicist said in a statement.for a stroke at his Sherman Oaks home, prompting an outpouring of support from his former 90s teen drama costars on social media.
on Fox, said on Instagram that"no words can express what my heart feels hearing today’s shocking news." And Shannen Doherty, who played Perry's girlfriend on the show, said she was"holding you tight and giving you my strength. You got this."Over his long acting career, Perry never quite reached the level of fame he and his costars found afterpremiered in 1990, causing a seismic shift in television and turning around the fortunes of the fledgling Fox network.
The show's plot lines around real-life adolescent struggles with drugs, sex, workplace drama proved to be a massive hit, and vaulted Perry into teen idol status., and was not part of the original cast in the show's pilot. But Perry was cast as the troubled, James Dean-like Dylan McKay to be both a friend to Brandon Walsh and a love interest for Brenda Walsh .
Dylan was central to the show's appeal and popularity. And Perry's fame exploded, as he and the rest of the cast became central figures in the gossip and mainstream press.'s second season, Perry, Doherty, and Priestley appeared on an iconic cover of Rolling Stone magazine. The show's rabid fandom cleaved into teams, with some pining for the more innocent-seeming Priestley, and others obsessively worshiping the more dangerous Perry.
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