{"id":420791,"date":"2026-02-12T00:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T00:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/420791\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T00:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T00:01:09","slug":"beloved-actor-dies-aged-48-after-cancer-battle-the-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/420791\/","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\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE9DY2k5cXgwaS1SZVV4REdMTDY3MzBYVkw3OEQwS0JBbWR6bVdCRnA2ZVU4SkRaZzhlQ1pkMnJwdnIwNTZDUEk2ci12Q0VNSXgyNW9Gak9Ub3R1dmdL?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dawson&#8217;s Creek star James Van Der Beek dies aged 48<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxQbjdlUU8xa3NhakhOTkFpLXpqS2lNNDZKSmxzNUkwM3pSVzlyYkdrYlR2UnJtNkZncUJWZmYzM0ZvWkplZG01OHZUODBKZEE0d2ZYQkNPakZCRFRfelc2TnAydVJMZmQxVVAtM3hUMW5vczlSYzhWR01SQ3pyZmNxUzI4ZFBnemF5Qm1RQmhEWEVXZEdpbm1PaksyajEzMUE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">James Van Der Beek&#8217;s Best Work Was Funny and Odd: Critic Appreciation<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Hollywood Reporter<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiggFBVV95cUxQcFIwVkhVUEFNSXQ0VXlyc2duVFZndTZYLTJnbThfdVNfQV9RQnJjUERMMUp1MElsbll6RXBHdjlsMWl0N1RRTTRCMVR6aWdPS1FXS2M2UTBRanA1eHpWRUk1ZFZ2ckU5YU5PMDVMcVF3a2tDVTBuaVlUOFRwamhJblB3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">James Van Der Beek, star of Dawson\u2019s Creek, dies aged 48<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMidEFVX3lxTFBONDlqUHVTUTQ4Y29aU09ZRmc2V1RPMDlFbFo3SmFuUUg1aVpoa0MtT2JxX0VUdkYyN0JndkNKZVlHbVlrQ1BObmQ0eC1PajVxQXRDNDQ4dXRzTzZmQl9GRUlnTU1NSWs3OWlnaGdpX1J6czFG?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">James Van Der Beek\u2019s Career in Photos, From &#8216;Dawson&#8217;s Creek&#8217; to &#8216;Pose&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo News UK<\/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 dies aged 48&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCJames&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-420791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}