A Goodbye to James Van Der Beek, the Face of a Generation’s Heart
There are certain actors who don’t just play a character—you feel like they help hold a piece of a time in your life. For me, James Van Der Beek was one of those people. Today, learning that he has passed away at 48 after a battle with colorectal cancer, I felt that strange, hollow mix of disbelief and gratitude. Disbelief that someone who seemed so tied to “then” can be gone “now.” Gratitude that we ever got him at all. Because if you were there—really there—for Dawson’s Creek, you know…
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