Chad Michael Murray, Sarah Michelle Gellar & More Celebs React to James Van Der Beek’s Death
James Van Der Beek lived a full life with his full family.
Before the Dawson’s Creek actor died Feb. 11 at the age of 48, the “loving husband, father, son, brother, and friend,” as his family described him, focused his energy on his wife Kimberly Van Der Beek.
Indeed, James explained that his colorectal cancer diagnosis, which he was diagnosed with 2023, had helped him to appreciate the “absolute gift” of his 15-year marriage.
“I married the right person, really,” he told Parade in August. “I’m more in love than ever, and more in awe of her than ever, and how she’s able to handle everything that I had to drop when I got diagnosed, and everything that she does, and just what it is to be that loved by somebody.”
Plus, the Varsity Blues star emphasized that the hugs he received from his and Kimberly’s six kids Olivia, 15, Joshua, 13, Annabel, 12, Emilia, 9, Gwendolyn, 7, and Jeremiah, 4, were “the most healing thing” that he “could possibly get.”
