{"id":469001,"date":"2026-02-11T23:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T23:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/469001\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T23:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T23:18:08","slug":"beloved-actor-dies-aged-48-after-cancer-battle-the-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/469001\/","title":{"rendered":"Beloved actor dies aged 48 after cancer battle &#8211; The Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiugFBVV95cUxNdDYzSFlEd1htZFFSeFRmQWI0TG56dWVia0JSRW03Tm93WkpadXZfbmtaZVdHUjR6bDYzbGxpLXdPYlQyU0wxWWl0MWZsWlE5RlJwcDZuVXZESWVZM25NT29nMklZU2JCWmI5dGlmMDhTNFAxU0l5d0NpMWNlWXFwVEh3X0U4VkY4R0w3M1Y2VTEydWFyNzhCeGZ4akZNVUxhZl9fU2dONnBBVGNVcG5hbXcxVHBuX09OMEE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Beloved actor dies aged 48 after cancer battle<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxQZXpLa21CRnpybDFtUGJTNUowTUF5RnpHTEdDRVZUR1lKNWtYX3djT1lGVmNLOVRvZ2wwazhid2RfNzZ6SWxncnBmbmFocGs5Y2stdVoydnlLVTljZ2d4Y25WMVBOWGtuVzcwS0JRMURnX1BLLXU5TF9PUmJLd1VjZHJBZkwyRVRYX29WX1Z3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dawson&#8217;s Creek star James Van Der Beek dead at 48<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijAFBVV95cUxPLXBZQ3U4Q2lkQlRMVVp5MEhFZzBpY2duSER3YkJZbVgxTUdLYl8zYmtGZjNPX0FOeHdtWi1YdFFZVkh1UHhJRVhLdnhKaVFKVXlHWGNZeWJJNTdyN09uZ19XUlh1YUM5TER2bzdvc3k3bkozVWQzb1gtdmJKaHEwT3dXX0FqYlNGOXY4dA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">James Van Der Beek was so much more than just Dawson<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigAFBVV95cUxPRGZHTm5EdEZCV2RfdGhpSkJtMTBkV1IyUEFiaXNVOWRfLVFXQTZoME9fY3o2ODVpZXlndjVkNlJfMTBwZFB6Q180NlB4cjUxLUpSNVgtVzVVSkxjOERJTE0ycXFpT1BnTk9pcjdfVnpsbHR1MGZxZUR5Y2tGNzYzdg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sarah Michelle Gellar, Chad Michael Murray, Julie Plec &amp; More Mourn James Van Der Beek: \u201cA Generational Icon\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo News Canada<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxPOGZHTzRFci1mVDZUcjM1bTQ2aUZLMEt0YlpNejZzUEZfZ2o0aGNmREtxTERsSktqY29uNzQ1ZF9oNlhqcTN5NVdFM1g0Ui14a3BHQzROY2tJLTY5R1ZwN0RNaUdHcExDVnYxczBvbVktQUdMZ3VMTDlkWk5rZHJ5QmZ0UkFJRlJZdTNxQkJEaW00RjdZWWF6YUlGei1lZGY0V20yTg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hollywood Mourns &#8216;Beyond Devastating&#8217; Loss of James Van Der Beek: &#8216;One of the Good Guys&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Rolling Stone<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Beloved actor dies aged 48 after cancer battle&nbsp;&nbsp;The IndependentDawson&#8217;s Creek star James Van Der Beek dead at 48&nbsp;&nbsp;CBCJames&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":469002,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75],"class_list":["post-469001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}