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Actress Denise Dowse has died, her sister confirmed in an Instagram publish. She was 64.
“I need to take this second to thank our family and friends for the entire love and prayers. It’s with a really heavy coronary heart that I inform everybody that my sister, Denise Dowse has gone ahead to satisfy our household in everlasting life,” Tracey Dowse wrote Saturday night.
The “Beverly Hills, 90210” actress was hospitalized Sunday and has spent the week in a coma preventing extreme meningitis. Docs didn’t say when or if she would get up for the reason that coma was “not medically induced.” She died lower than every week later.
“Denise Yvonne Dowse was essentially the most superb sister, a consummate, illustrious actress, mentor and director. She was my best possible good friend and closing member of the family,” the actress’ sister added within the publish.
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Tracey additionally addressed Denise’s supporters and followers.
“Denise beloved all of you. I do know that she is watching over us with all of the love she has,” Dowse wrote.
Denise’s sister requested for privateness and continued prayers throughout this time. She is going to later present data regarding Denise’s funeral or “her Celebration of Life,” she stated.
Dowse concluded: “Once more I’m so grateful for all of the calls, textual content messages, direct messages, and silent prayers for my sister. We couldn’t have made it so gracefully and painlessly with out the entire prayer warriors around the globe. Thanks for giving so selflessly.”
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Ian Ziering, a “Beverly Hills, 90210” co-star, responded to the publish calling the loss of life “insanely heartbreaking.”
“All through all my years engaged on Beverly Hills 90210, my scenes with Denise will all the time be remembered with the utmost in respect for her expertise, and fondness for the loving soul she was,” he wrote. “A few of my heartiest off-camera laughs have been between she and I hammering out the self-discipline her Mrs. Teasley would dish out to my Steve Sanders.”
“My honest condolences to her household, and all others who she was pricey to,” Ziering concluded.
Denise Dowse attends the 2022 Pan African Movie and Arts Pageant on April 19, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.
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Actor Jason Kelley (“Mayor of Kingstown,” “Homicide within the First”), who stated Denise was his first skilled stage director and coach, stated lots of the actors her life impacted will proceed to hold her legacy.
“Thanks for bravely sharing this unhappy information. So sorry to listen to,” Kelley wrote. “The knowledge and commonplace she demanded supplied the foundations of my theatrical craft. We loved bragging about our Virginia roots and she or he inspired me to belief my instincts. Over time we’d stumble upon one another on the boards (sometimes at The Cork for a drink) and most lately at The Highway Theatre. It felt like a reunion. She is and was a Mom Queen to many and her spirit is sown into the group.”
He added: “Her presence shall be missed however her Essence goes to proceed in these artists, family and friends she gave a lot of herself to.”
Actor and director Larry Powell wrote: “My first appearing mentor. Nicely, past that, life mentor. I like this lady so deeply. I’m sending nothing however fierce love and prayers.”
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Tracey Dowse introduced her sister’s hospitalization and medical situation on Sunday, Aug. 7.
“As a lot of you recognize I’m a personal particular person. So that is laborious for me,” she wrote in an Instagram publish. “I’m requesting help and prayers be supplied me and my sister, and my solely fast household @denisedowse.”
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“She is at present within the hospital in a coma introduced on by a virulent type of meningitis. Her medical doctors have no idea when she is going to come out of the coma because it was not medically induced,” she added.
Denise Dowse is understood for taking part in Mrs. Teasley on the teenager drama “Beverly Hills, 90210,” and most lately portrayed Dr. Rhonda Pine on HBO’s “Insecure.” She starred in “The Guardian,” “Coach Carter,” and extra.
Fox Information’ Stephanie Giang-Paunon contributed to this report.