{"id":752018,"date":"2026-06-21T18:07:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T18:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/752018\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:07:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T18:07:12","slug":"james-van-der-beeks-wife-honors-him-on-first-fathers-day-since-his-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/752018\/","title":{"rendered":"James Van Der Beek\u2019s Wife Honors Him on First Father\u2019s Day Since His Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          JAMES VAN DER BEEK<br \/>\n                          WIDOW SHARES EMOTIONAL FATHER\u2019S DAY TRIBUTE &#8230;<br \/>\n                          First Since Tragic Death<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              June 21, 2026<br \/>\n                            8:06 AM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260621_3d38485578f540859ed0b4555a42d24a\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:ffdd5ddf-7b4c-4a0e-a02c-e7b67e0b9bbd\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3d38485578f540859ed0b4555a42d24a_md.jpg\" alt=\"main-james-van-der-beek-ig-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/james-van-der-beek\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Van Der Beek<\/a>\u2019s wife marked Father\u2019s Day with a deeply emotional post honoring the late actor, sharing her grief and love on the holiday celebrated just months after his passing.<\/p>\n<p>Van Der Beek&#8217;s wife Kimberly took to Instagram to share the heartfelt message, writing &#8230; \u201cMissing you so much and thinking of how magnificent you were in every single way today. And somehow, from the other side? You continue to parent. You&#8217;re a marvel. \ud83e\ude75\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Waiting for your permission to load the Instagram Media.<\/p>\n<p>The tribute reflects on what would be the first Father\u2019s Day since his death &#8230; with her words focusing on both loss and the lasting presence she feels he continues to have in their family\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>      <a id=\"gallery-link-f0d1d6ea-34e8-4d02-8459-9b6d52d35c2b\" class=\"media-link gallery-block__link js-track-link js-click-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/photos\/2026\/05\/12\/kimberly-van-der-beek-posts-emotional-tribute-to-james-van-der-beek\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:gallery:f0d1d6ea-34e8-4d02-8459-9b6d52d35c2b\" data-context=\"{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;gallery-block&quot;,&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;}\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:ffdd5ddf-7b4c-4a0e-a02c-e7b67e0b9bbd\" data-gallery-layout=\"list\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/9bd7c2d47b85458d9a3eb09f028363ba_md.jpg\" alt=\"Kimberly Van Der Beek Shares Emotional Tribute To James Van Der Beek\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid gallery-block__img-fluid img-aspect-4by3\"\/><\/p>\n<p>              <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fans and friends have been flooding the comments with messages of support, offering condolences and sharing in the remembrance of the actor.<\/p>\n<p>TMZ broke the news &#8230; the &#8220;Dawson&#8217;s Creek&#8221; star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/02\/11\/james-van-der-beek-dead\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">died<\/a> after\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/12\/03\/james-van-der-beek-colorectal-cancer-update-family-support-gma\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">battling stage 3 colorectal cancer<\/a>, which he announced\u00a0in late 2024, and has remained a beloved figure in Hollywood as his death continues to draw tributes from across the entertainment world.<\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/e60bb3b4407d486fa1ae77a89ad7eb69_md.jpg\" alt=\"061626_marilyn_monroe_promo_tonight.01_00_27_13\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This Father\u2019s Day message stands out as one of the most personal acknowledgments from his family since his passing, highlighting both the pain of the loss and the love that remains. As we reported &#8230; a\u00a0GoFundMe organized for his children\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/02\/12\/james-van-der-beek-gofundme-raises-1-million-death\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">raised<\/a> more than a million dollars less than 24 hours after his death &#8230; it now sits at around $2.9 Million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JAMES VAN DER BEEK WIDOW SHARES EMOTIONAL FATHER\u2019S DAY TRIBUTE &#8230; First Since Tragic Death Published June 21,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":752019,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-752018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752018","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=752018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/752019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=752018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=752018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=752018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}