The Peach Pit was packed this weekend in Los Angeles for a special evening honoring lateBeverly Hills, 90210starLuke Perry.
Brian Austin Green, Perry’s former costar, organized the event for fans — the first in a weekend of get togethers that culminated in a massive cast reunion at the live taping of his…with Brian Austin Greenpodcast.
All coincided withthe Pitch Pit pop-upthat has been going on in Los Angeles since August and is currently scheduled to close in late September.
The experience has seen a Johnny Rockets restaurant transformed into the fictional diner made famous on the hit Fox soap in the ’90s for the bash. Servers wear Peach Pit shirts, while the walls are decorated in the locale’s iconic pastel pink and green color scheme. The menu also boasts the show’s famous food items, like the Mega Burger and Peach Pit Floats.
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All proceeds from the event were donated toFight Colorectal Cancerin honor of Perry, whodied in March, a week after suffering a stroke.
At the podcast recording — which was held at Torrance High School, where the Fox show was shot — Green told fans that a portion of meet-and-greet photos would also be going to charity in Perry’s name.
“I really miss him,” Greentold fans. “He had every intention of being here. I had spoken before what happened happened, and he was going to be here. He loved every fan and everyone. He was an amazing person.”
Ziering, Emerson, and Tata were all at Saturday’s podcast taping as well, as was Gabrielle Carteris, Christine Elise McCarthy, and Carol Potter.
It’s just one of the reunions the cast has had recently. This summer, all of the original stars got back together forBH90210—a meta series in which the actors play fictional versions of themselves staging their own reboot series.
Last month,Tori SpellingandJennie Garthtold PEOPLE that shootingBH90210was bittersweet without Perry. (Perry was not contracted to appear on the reboot due to his commitments onRiverdale, but executive producers Garth, 47, and Spelling, 46, said he was happy to get behind the project.)
“Luke was on speakerphone for the first meeting,” Spelling said. “He was so supportive, and really proud that we were putting it together.”
“It brought us together on such a deep level,” added Garth. “Many times during the filming I thought, ‘He would be so happy right now to see us.'”
source: people.com
