{"id":470659,"date":"2026-02-12T18:10:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T18:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/470659\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T18:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T18:10:13","slug":"james-van-der-beek-the-dawsons-creek-star-who-later-mocked-his-own-hunky-persona-has-died-at-48-toronto-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/470659\/","title":{"rendered":"James Van Der Beek, the &#039;Dawson&#039;s Creek&#039; star who later mocked his own hunky persona, has died at 48 &#8211; Toronto Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAJBVV95cUxPaGNKM3JtZGdLMUJ2cnBGdW5FWk0tdklEd2dpMTBIQVVhaHVYYnFxc0d6blZMMzVHQzRsb0JpVldZdXJFTERxeENONXNDQlBIWTdwNnN2SjlpbmV4eUVtcE5kazRvTGkxRHRzU25jWldJT00wMGtiT2VPQ0wtejlaaHU2OEpXNWYzWG9IaDdlZEFNZmlYeEZTUUlJcW5BZ2NIRTVBV2RQeGZBZGtwTU5leFJfMjVFSFpyOWFiVkozVWM0M3FCSDZPa2pUeEJRN2Vta3BST0tpbXVBdE1MR0xwRC05Q3VfbV9LUl94MnhETWhfVzYxOHNicjJadTdsaVd1NzVtNA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">James Van Der Beek, the &#8216;Dawson&#8217;s Creek&#8217; star who later mocked his own hunky persona, has died at 48<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto Star<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMidEFVX3lxTE9SdUNIRkFkS0NVdk41ZERxVG52TjNoX21ST3NzbmE1bGR2cGpfZFFhVmZUTmZkQ1pCZnVSUVJvSlhwd0FlbkVsWFlqWXZRc3E0RjJCZGg5a3dSWEZJVG9jTElLSDN1eGlvVVBDSGt3WDg4Y1gy?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">James Van Der Beek&#8217;s Widow Kimberly and Their 6 Kids Are &#8216;Out of Funds&#8217; After His Death, &#8216;Facing Uncertain Future&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo News Canada<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE5neVVyV3lRVEZSN2NLMlRYQTF4Z1E0TmNZV3J1bENDYUZybzM1aGVjUVlVeEVwVVRVNjRkN2VjWnE5R3laTnFzNktkYmQxN0hFLUJOczdBaVVHZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dawson&#8217;s Creek: The 90s teen drama that &#8216;wore its heart on its sleeve&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxPWkhGeW5ySmlxcENRT0JYb0VNUmk1dlY0RDJYY29xeEgwRlNXY05HMGRnV0V0R1B0UU0wZFdRbHNUMXBYbFdrQU1lLVJQb3c3ZXlpN3MtWlRkTktCUHg0NUg5cHZhaGVZZjA2ck1DUmRUNUIySnp0amF0QkVaOVBVd0MwZVJyQkUxbEJGYzctUTRzcVlXaTh3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Katie Holmes pays tribute to James Van Der Beek: \u2018The journey of a hero\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigwFBVV95cUxQYklFQXctbnM1WXpEQVRVMk92Qm5kQTEwTUlSQ041UWE4Y3lEaHlrVUNQYklYVXBjWHlTVmdLODZtM0tVZklqNHlNVnNiMVRFby1IcDA2TGRuT3ZGTEpLRlJORkxhWTJuSXBqcm5BbE5ZMnhwT3ViSlRYYUE5MWsyUHJIQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">James Van Der Beek GoFundMe for 6 kids, widow raises more than $1 million &#8211; National<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Global News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"James Van Der Beek, the &#8216;Dawson&#8217;s Creek&#8217; star who later mocked his own hunky persona, has died at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[76,31049,191574,25617,31050,75,43,77,20352,44,19037,41,39,42,40,8415],"class_list":["post-470659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-arts","tag-arts-entertainment-international","tag-beek","tag-der","tag-ent","tag-entertainment","tag-headlines","tag-international","tag-james","tag-news","tag-obit","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-van"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470659","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=470659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}