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James Van Der Beek‘s loss of life struck a chord throughout Hollywood after his household introduced his passing on February 11, 2026. Former co-stars, pals and different trade friends paid tribute to the late Varsity Blues star, who battled colorectal most cancers in his remaining years.
Learn the tributes for James from his former co-stars, pals and different friends.
Katie Holmes
Katie, James’ former Dawson’s Creek co-star, shared a heartfelt handwritten observe to her Instagram, thanking James for the recollections they shared.
“James, thanks,” Katie wrote. “To share an area together with your creativeness is sacred—respiratory the identical air within the land of make consider and trusting that one another’s hearts are protected of their expression. These are a few of the recollections, together with laughter, conversations about life, James Taylor songs—adventures of a singular youth. … An appreciation for all times with the integrity that life is artwork—creating an attractive marriage, six loving youngsters, the journey of a hero. I mourn this loss with a coronary heart holding the truth of his absence and deep gratitude for his imprint on it.”
Busy Philipps
Is a ‘Dawson’s Creek’ reunion going to occur? Busy Philipps tells #TheView: “I actually hope so.”
“I really feel like 2025 is our 12 months… getting the gang again collectively.” pic.twitter.com/E46U94zw7Q
— The View (@TheView) Could 9, 2025
Busy, who additionally labored with James on Dawson’s Creekwrote in her tribute, “My coronary heart is deeply hurting for all of us in the present day…each one who knew James and liked him, anybody who liked his work or had the pleasure of assembly him, all of his pricey pals and neighborhood that surrounded him as he battled this sickness, particularly his dad and mom and brother and sister. However I’m profoundly heartbroken for his unbelievable spouse, Kimberly, and their six magical youngsters.”
“James Van Der Beek was one in a billion and he shall be eternally missed, and I don’t know what else to say. I’m simply so, so unhappy. He was my pal and I liked him, and I’m so grateful for our friendship all these years.”
Stacy Kiebler
Stacy penned a prolonged Instagram observe to James, crediting him with displaying her “what it appears wish to belief God’s plan, even when it breaks your coronary heart.”
“Particularly when it breaks your coronary heart,” she continued. “The opposite night time, we watched the sundown collectively as you shared your knowledge, your hopes, and the guarantees we made to one another. We talked about how this world can really feel the other way up…and the way perhaps heaven wants your spirit now to assist regular us down right here. And simply because the solar slipped away, a taking pictures star crossed the sky…as if to remind us that none of that is random.”
Emma Slater
Emma, who competed with James on Dancing with the Starswrote she was “so devastated,” including, “He’s and can at all times be household to me. Love you a lot James. The person that you’re, you may be happy with. So grateful that I bought to be there to say goodbye to you.” She additionally referred to as James her “massive brother.”