Following the death of Luke Perry earlier in March after he suffered a massive stroke, those who knew him best are mourning his loss. In a special tribute episode of his podcast (and as later reported by Us Weekly), Perry’s Beverly Hills, 90210 costar Brian Austin Green revealed that members of the original cast reunited to mourn Perry’s passing. He said they gathered with “mixed emotions” at fellow costar Gabrielle Carteris’ home, where they shared plenty of memories and leaned on each other for support in a difficult time.
“People I haven’t seen in, like, 18 years, at least,” Green said in his podcast. “And you see them there, and it’s … you were happy to see everybody, and you felt like, ‘God, it’s been too long,’ and it was great, but what a horrible reason to have to see everybody again.”
Per Us Weekly, Green noted that there were “fun” moments at the reunion, but also lots of silent moments, too.
“We all knew that at some point we’d have to deal with losing cast members and friends, but not this soon. Not at 52. Not in such an abrupt way,” he said, per The Hollywood Reporter. THR notes that Green was the last of Perry’s former costars to react publicly to his death, though that doesn’t mean that Green wasn’t hugely impacted.
Also in the podcast, Green revealed, “I texted him after he passed, knowing obviously that he can’t text me back but on some level, hoping that he would text me back, or that he was out there somewhere. And I know he is. I know he’s looking down and I know he’s smiling.”
We filmed this week’s podcast for YouTube and it’ll be up soon but here are some moments from the episode talking about Luke. pic.twitter.com/SU8EFtPmPX
— Brian Austin Green (@withBAGpod) March 15, 2019
Several of Perry’s Beverly Hills, 90210 and Riverdale castmates also reacted to his death on social media, with heartfelt Twitter and Instagram posts after his death. It’s been just two weeks since the news broke, but in the time since Perry’s untimely passing, fans and former costars alike have come together to remember his legacy and mourn him.
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