James Van Der Beek - Dawsons Creek dies

[Niamh.]

Very sad only 48, with 6 kids :(

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2026/0211/1558021-james-van-der-beek-dawsons-creek-star-dies-aged-48/

[Vanessa]

He was still so young :(

[GoldHeart]

Yeah just found this out...bit of a shock and very sad .

Cancer is horrible ,I didn't even know he was ill .

Weirdly I was watching a YouTube video just last night about the movie Cruel Intentions,which had his co star in Joshua Jackson ( Pacey) .

R.I.P

[Crimson Dynamo]

Wtf

[Vanessa]

Yeah just found this out...bit of a shock and very sad .

Cancer is horrible ,I didn't even know he was ill .

Weirdly I was watching a YouTube video just last night about the movie Cruel Intentions,which had his co star in Joshua Jackson ( Pacey) .

R.I.P

Hes been sick for a while :sad:

[jones89]

Aw RIP. He was just one The Masked Singer US last year :(

[Barry.]

Oh no I’m hurt by this. Dawson was a great show. RIP

[GoldHeart]

Hes been sick for a while :sad:

Aww i never knew

That's another one now from my childhood nostalgia gone young too soon ,along with Matthew Perry & Michelle Trachtenberg :( . I know he's been in loads of things ,but I'll always remember him as Dawson :love: .

I watched 1 or 2 episodes of Don't Trust the B* in Apartment 23.... he was also in that . I might fully rewatch that . Always felt like that TV show had potential.....but they axed it after like 2 seasons.

[Mystic Mock]

RIP

I remember him being funny on Don't Trust The B* In Apartment 23.

[arista]

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[LaLaLand]

So so sad. 48 is no age.

Dawson’s Creek was always on in our house (older sister). The theme song immediately transports me back to lazy, carefree Sunday afternoons as a kid (I’m sure it was on telly Sunday tea time). RIP James. :love:

[Ammi]

…this is very sad, I knew that he had fought with cancer for a long time…**** cancer..!!!…


…I read that a funding page has been set up for James’ family as his illness/medical care has placed such a financial strain …already the donations have reached more than one million dollars and hopefully that will help with the financial aspect of their lives…it’s sad that the children won’t have their father as they grow older…

[Livia]

So sad, so young.

[Vanessa]

…this is very sad, I knew that he had fought with cancer for a long time…**** cancer..!!!…


…I read that a funding page has been set up for James’ family as his illness/medical care has placed such a financial strain …already the donations have reached more than one million dollars and hopefully that will help with the financial aspect of their lives…it’s sad that the children won’t have their father as they grow older…

That's good that will really help at least money wise

[Crimson Dynamo]

‘Dancing with the Stars’ host Alfonso Ribeiro shares photo of his final moment with
James Van Der Beek.

“This was taken by Kimberly Van Der Beek just a few minutes before I said my last
goodbye. My last moment was making him laugh one last time. I really miss him
already.”

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HA_PrPvbsAU_hdP?format=jpg&name=small

The actor passed away aged 48, after a battle with cancer.