James Van Der Beek didn’t expertise many signs initially, however there was one which in the end pushed him to get the life-changing colonoscopy.
As we’re positive you’ve seen, the Dawson’s Creek actor sadly handed away on Wednesday morning after a battle with colorectal most cancers. In a resurfaced interview with Healthline from August 2025, James opened up about getting his prognosis and the way “there wasn’t any crimson flag or one thing obvious”:
“I used to be wholesome. I used to be doing the chilly plunge. I used to be in wonderful cardiovascular form, and I had stage 3 most cancers, and I had no concept.”
What actually opened his eyes, although?
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He defined it was a change in his bowel actions, which he initially believed was simply attributable to ingesting numerous espresso. He additionally stated he “didn’t know” a lot of something about colorectal most cancers:
“Earlier than my prognosis, I didn’t know a lot about colorectal most cancers. I didn’t even understand the screening age (had) dropped to 45; I believed it was nonetheless 50.”
Sadly, following this, he’d get a colonoscopy that exposed he had stage 3 colorectal most cancers. He publicly introduced his prognosis in 2024, saying on the time:
“I’ve colorectal most cancers. I’ve been privately coping with this prognosis and have been taking steps to resolve it, with the assist of my unimaginable household.”
And now, in 2026, on the too-young age of 48, he handed away. So, so unhappy.
Our coronary heart continues to be together with his household and family members. Might he relaxation in peace.
(Picture by way of James Van Der Beek/Instagram)