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On Wednesday, the bittersweet quality broke that James Van Der Beek had died astatine property 48 — little than 3 years aft helium was diagnosed with colorectal cancer.
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“There is overmuch to stock regarding his wishes, emotion for humanity, and the sacredness of time,” she went on. “Those days volition come. For present we inquire for peaceful privateness arsenic we grieve our loving husband, father, son, brother, and friend.”
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In summation to Kimberly, James is survived by six children aged betwixt 15 and 5 years old.
James is champion known for playing the titular quality successful the beloved TV amusement Dawson’s Creek, which aired betwixt 1998 and 2003. He revealed his 2023 crab diagnosis successful 2024, telling NBC successful December 2025: “It's been the wildest, hardest travel I've ever had successful this lifetime. It's required much patience, much discipline, much spot than I knew I had, rather frankly.”
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Since quality of his decease broke, societal media has been flooded with tributes from James’s fans and chap celebrities alike, with galore of his erstwhile Dawson’s Creek co-stars among those to grant him.
And done the heartache, radical person stumbled crossed 1 of James’s past societal media posts — and his hopeful connection successful the video has lone added to the sadness.
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James shared the video to his Instagram illustration connected Jan. 15, 2026, which ended up being conscionable 27 days earlier his death. In the footage, helium is extracurricular successful the sunshine portion mulling implicit the conception of New Year’s resolutions.
“Anybody other retired determination uncovering that your New Year’s solution is intolerable to keep?” James began. “I’m going to accidental something: I don’t deliberation it’s your fault. I deliberation it makes full sense. Why are we celebrating a caller twelvemonth successful the dormant of winter? Why are we celebrating caller beginnings astatine a clip erstwhile quality rests, animals are hibernating, birds alert southbound for the winter?”
“The clip to observe a caller beginning, and a caller you, and a caller solution is successful the spring, astatine the vernal equinox, erstwhile the flowers bloom, and it gets warmer, and the birds return. That's however quality does it. Why are we warring nature?” helium went on. “I mean, each owed respect to Pope Gregory the 8th, who saddled america with his Gregorian calendar system, but it conscionable makes perfectly nary sense.”
“Plus, perceive maine retired connected this one,” James went on. “If March is the archetypal period of the year, that means September is the seventh, October the eighth, November the ninth, December the tenth. You spot wherever I'm going with this, right?”
He past concluded: “So, I'm gonna accidental screw it. I’m gonna instrumentality the wintertime to recover, to remainder and I'm going to marque New Year's resolutions successful the spring. Who’s with me?”
And James’s optimism for the outpouring has truly struck a chord pursuing his death, with an incredibly fashionable caller remark connected the video reading: “I'm atrocious you didn't marque it to spring, but you made it determination acold better.”
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“in his memory, i’m going to observe the heck outta outpouring 2026! 🌸☀️🌷” idiosyncratic other wrote. Another added: “rewatching knowing helium didn’t marque it to Spring has conscionable made maine burst into tears. I’m going to miss your affirmative reflections and words of wisdom.”
“I conscionable came crossed this aft learning of his death. Hits a small deeper❤️” 1 much wrote, different shared: “And today, @vanderjames you observe your spring.”
Somebody other echoed: “See you successful the outpouring my person 👼” portion 1 much concluded: “May you beryllium everlastingly successful outpouring now.”
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