Into our lives walked Luke Perry, with his perfectly "up" hair. ©Aaron Spelling Prods/Courtesy Everett Collection R to L: Uber-douche Steve Sanders, sensitive rebel Dylan McKay, moral sweetie ...

His James Dean-like brooding handsomeness & vulnerability made him the perfect Dylan McKay & idol for a generation. RIP," tweeted one. More: Was Luke Perry too young to have a fatal stroke?

Luke Perry didn't have the gift of old age ... there didn't seem to be anyone more popular than the young man who played Dylan McKay on "Beverly Hills, 90210." In his day, he could fill ...

Luke Perry as Dylan McKay. Photo: Aaron Spelling Prod. / Courtesy of Everett Collection Luke Perry was well into his 20s when he was cast as Dylan McKay on Beverly Hills, 90210, turning into ...

Luke Perry‘s first appearance on Beverly Hills, 90210 as West Beverly bad boy Dylan McKay aired on Perry’s 24th birthday. That was relatively young compared to some of his co-stars (Gabrielle ...

From the moment Luke Perry first appeared as Dylan McKay on “Beverly Hills, 90210,” he felt like the perfect pop song: You couldn’t believe you’d ever lived in a world where you hadn’t ...

Kelly shuts up. It’s hard to say whether it’s Dylan McKay the bad boy who’s bored of all this or Luke Perry the actor. The transposition makes Dylan McKay more interesting to watch than the ...

Dylan McKay was atop his parked motorcycle ... rise up — while nudging Brenda Walsh to hop a ride. This was my Luke Perry. Every year, sometimes more than once, I rewatch “Beverly Hills, ...

On October 11, 1990, when I saw Luke Perry first appear as the shrewd but cranky anti-hero Dylan McKay on Beverly Hills 90210, I was almost certainly in my bedroom with the door closed.

The first time I encountered the name “Dylan McKay,” it had a black sharpie heart around it. An older girl had scrawled the name on the outside of her three-ring binder—it was the glory days ...

Or at least that was the public perception of him, Luke Perry young rising to stardom after he became Dylan McKay on the Fox teen drama. The charming actor was different than many of the other ...

Luke Perry didn't have the gift of old age ... there didn't seem to be anyone more popular than the young man who played Dylan McKay on "Beverly Hills 90210." In his day, he could fill a ...