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Luke Perry is gone, but the Riverdale actor will be remembered with a special tribute for the show’s Season 4 debut with a blast-from-the-past guest star, Comic-Con learned today. On the last day of SDCC50, the cast and creatives of the soapy CW teen drama revealed to Hall H that Shannen Doherty will be appearing in…

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Riverdale showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa shared a photo of the title page of his finished script for the CW show’s Season Four premiere, “In Memoriam,” a special tribute to the Luke Perry and his character on the show, Fred Andrews, father of Archie Andrews. “A tribute to a fallen friend,” Aguirre-Sacasa tweeted…

It was a normal episode of The CW’s Riverdale tonight, but there was an undercurrent of sadness, as it marked the final episode featuring Luke Perry, who passed away from a stroke in March. Perry’s final appearance as Fred Andrews wasn’t addressed by the episode. In the story, Perry spent time with son Archie at the…

Nearly two months after his death, Luke Perry’s final episode of Riverdale airs this week on the CW. The show’s creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa revealed via Twitter that Wednesday’s episode is the final one Perry shot before he suffered a massive stroke and died March 4 at the age of 52. The former Beverly Hills, 90210…

Riverdale star KJ Apa has spoken out for the first time since the death of Luke Perry, who played his on-screen dad on the CW series. Apa, who plays Archie on Riverdale, shared a photo on Instagram of the 52-year-old Perry smiling as he sat in a boat on a lake, with the caption “Rest in Love bro.” <a…

Jason Priestley posted a heartfelt farewell today to the late Luke Perry, his Beverly Hills, 90210 co-star and the victim of a massive stroke that ended his life this week at age 52. Even via social media, the pain lacing Priestley’s words came across as he explained his delayed response to a death that has staggered…

Filming on Riverdale resumed Wednesday, March 6, after the set of the CW's series remained dark for two days as cast and crew mourned the death of co-star Luke Perry.  Production on the popular show was suspended the morning of Monday, March 4, shortly after Perry died from complications following a massive…

The set of the CW's series Riverdale will remain dark for a second day on Tuesday. Production on the popular series was suspended Monday after co-star Luke Perry died that morning from complications following a massive stroke. Riverdale, based on the Archie Comics characters, has a handful of episodes left to shoot…

Luke Perry’s career took him from the playing bad boy Dylan McKay on Fox’s Beverly Hills, 90210 to Archie Andrews’ conservative father on the CW’s Riverdale. The veteran actor died today of complications from a massive stroke last week, and Deadline has compiled a gallery of his most famous roles. Click on the image…

Refresh for updates Hollywood remembered Luke Perry today in an outpouring of social media messages. Scott Wolf, Ryan Seacrest and Jon Cryer are just a few of the colleagues, friends and fans paying tribute to the actor, who died today following last week’s stroke. Deadline will update this post as more tributes…

The CW’s Riverdale has shut down production for the day following the death of star Luke Perry, Deadline has learned. The series’ executive producers Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Jon Goldwater issued the following statement along with WBTV and The CW. "We are deeply saddened to learn…