In a string of Instagram stories, his wife shared photos and videos from their family life and wrote: “Would be your 49th birthday today. And I\u2019m missing you tremendously.”<\/p>\n
In a number of the clips he can be seen dancing with his children.<\/p>\n
Kimberly added: “You are the light of our lives. Your love. Beauty. Presence. Tenderness. Protection. Safety. Creativity. Singing.<\/p>\n
“I\u2019m so grateful for the time.<\/p>\n
In one photo James can be seen holding one of their babies as a newborn, and Kimberly captioned it: “The way you were at births, held our newborns, revered me\u2026 I will cherish forever.”<\/p>\n
She added: “Baby, you were the best humanity had to offer. This is a loss I don\u2019t know how to process. I will love you forever.”<\/p>\n
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The couple share six children: daughters Olivia, Annabel, Emilia and Gwendolyn; plus sons Joshua and Jeremiah.<\/p>\n
Kimberly also shared a video of Emilia, nine, speaking about her late father in an emotional video as she gave advice to others on grief.<\/p>\n
Her mother captioned the video: “Emilia asked me if she could make a video to post today, walked outside and came back with this.<\/p>\n
“In my stories are a whole lot of photos and some videos. All I want to do is watch videos of him right now with the kids.<\/p>\n
“Thank you for the tremendous heart, love and support for the family.<\/p>\n
“James\u2026 we will celebrate March 8th every day for the rest of our lives.”<\/p>\n
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James rose to fame playing Dawson Leery in the popular US teen drama, Dawson\u2019s Creek, which ran for six seasons from 1998 until 2003.<\/p>\n
He starred opposite Katie Holmes, Joshua Jackson and Michelle Williams as the central quartet of hyper-articulate teens who were constantly embroiled in complex romantic entanglements.<\/p>\n
A GoFundMe for James\u2019s family has raised more than $2.7m (\u20ac2.29m).<\/p>\n
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