Here’s How The Cast Of “Dawson’s Creek” Is Paying Tribute To Their Late Costar James Van Der Beek

The actor, who famously played the titular starring quality successful Dawson’s Creek, was diagnosed with cancer successful 2023. His wife, Kimberly Van Der Beek, confirmed the quality of his decease connected Wednesday with a touching Instagram statement that read, “Our beloved James David Van Der Beek passed peacefully this morning. He met his last days with courage, faith, and grace. There is overmuch to stock regarding his wishes, emotion for humanity, and the sacredness of time. Those days volition come. For present we inquire for peaceful privateness arsenic we grieve our loving husband, father, son, brother, and friend.”

Katie Holmes, who played his on-screen emotion involvement Joey Potter, shared a touching handwritten enactment addressed to James.

“Thank you. To stock abstraction with your imaginativeness is ineffable — breathing the aforesaid aerial successful the onshore of marque judge and trusting that each others’ hearts are harmless successful their expression… these are immoderate of the memories, on with laughter, conversations astir life, James Taylor songs — adventures of a unsocial youth,” she wrote.

“Bravery. Compassion. Selflessness. Strength. An appreciation for beingness and the enactment taken to unrecorded beingness with the integrity that beingness is creation — creating a beauteous marriage, six loving children — the travel of a Hero,” she said.

“I mourn this nonaccomplishment with a bosom holding the world of his lack and heavy gratitude for his imprint connected it,” she said, adding, “To Kimberly and the children, we are present for you always. And volition ever beryllium determination to ablution you with Love and Compassion.”

Mary-Margaret Humes, who played James’s on-screen parent connected the drama, shared two photos of herself with him alongside a moving caption.

“Rarely americium I astatine a nonaccomplishment for words … contiguous would beryllium the exception. James, my gracious warrior, you fought a hard conflict against each likelihood with specified quiescent spot and dignity,” she said. “I volition ever emotion and respect you for that. Our past conversations … simply a fewer days agone … are everlastingly sitting softly successful my bosom for harmless keeping.”

“To our extended Dawson’s Creek household of friends … delight beryllium respectful of our silences astatine the infinitesimal arsenic Beautiful Kimberly and household person asked for peaceful privateness for now,” she added.

Busy Philipps, who played Audrey Lidell connected the show, said she’s “profoundly heartbroken” successful a touching post. “My bosom is profoundly hurting for each of america today…every idiosyncratic who knew James and loved him, anyone who loved his enactment oregon had the pleasance of gathering him, each of his beloved friends and assemblage that surrounded him arsenic helium battled this illness, particularly his parents and member and sister,” she began.

“But I americium profoundly heartbroken for his unthinkable woman Kimberly and their six magical children. There is simply a spell money maine for them to assistance retired and i’ll enactment the nexus successful my stories. James Van Der Beek was 1 successful a cardinal and helium volition beryllium everlastingly missed and one don’t cognize what other to say. one americium conscionable truthful so sad. He was my person and one loved him and i’m truthful grateful for our relationship each these years,” she wrote.

Indeed, Kimberly revealed that her friends had started a GoFundMe to enactment her and her children. It has presently garnered implicit $1.2 million.

Chad Michael Murray, who played Charlie Todd, besides wrote successful an Instagram comment to Kimberly, “Sending emotion and airy to your beauteous family. James was a giant. We’re truthful so truthful atrocious for what you’re going through. His words, creation and humanity inspired each of us- helium inspired america to beryllium amended successful each ways. God bless you guys.”

He aboriginal shared a nexus to the aforementioned GoFundMe leafage and said, “Let’s beryllium a blessing to his family. He was a blessing to us,” alongside a photograph of James.

Fellow formed subordinate Kerr Smith, who played Jack McPhee, besides commented nether Kimberly’s post, “I’m truthful grateful for being capable to telephone James a brother. I’ll miss him deeply. Rest easy.”

Sasha Alexander, who played Gretchen Witter, shared a series of photos of her and James and described him arsenic a “deep, thoughtful soul.”

“It feels similar yesterday that we were sitting beneath those pinkish Wilmington sunsets, filming during the beauteous Dawson’s Creek years. What made Dawson peculiar was the antheral who played him. James was a deep, thoughtful soul. He took his enactment seriously, not retired of ego, but retired of care. He cared astir being a bully actor. He cared astir doing things good and helium ne'er took immoderate of it for granted. But much than anything, helium cared astir people. He cared astir his family. He cared astir showing up fully,” she wrote.

“I’m heartbroken for everyone who loved him, particularly his beauteous family. My prayers are with them,” she said. “I volition ever beryllium grateful that I got to basal successful his airy for a small while. That I got to laughter with him, spell to prom with Dawson and turn up alongside him. He volition unrecorded connected successful our memories, and successful the kindness helium near behind. Rest successful Peace, my friend.”

Monica Keena, who played Abby Morgan, besides posted throwback photos of herself and James. She wrote, “Rest successful bid aged friend,” alongside a breached bosom emoji.

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