James Van Der Beek attends the FOX Winter Press Day on Nov. 18, 2024, in Los Angeles.
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Actors Ali Larter, left, poses with co-stars James Van Der Beek, center, and Amy Smart at the Jan. 7, 1999, premiere of "Varsity Blues"Â in Los Angeles.
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James Van Der Beek arrives Sept. 22, 2019, at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.
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James Van Der Beek, left, and Krysten Ritter, cast members in the ABC series "Don't Trust the B— in Apartment 23," take part in a Jan. 10, 2012, panel discussion at the Disney ABC Television Critics Association Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif.
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Kimberly Van Der Beek, left, and James Van Der Beek attend Details Hollywood Mavericks Party on Nov. 29, 2012, in Los Angeles.
NEW YORK — James Van Der Beek, a heartthrob who starred in coming-of-age dramas at the dawn of the new millennium, shooting to fame playing the titular character in "Dawson's Creek" and in later years mocking his own hunky persona, died at age 48.
Actors Ali Larter, left, poses with co-stars James Van Der Beek, center, and Amy Smart at the Jan. 7, 1999, premiere of "Varsity Blues"Â in Los Angeles.
James Van Der Beek, left, and Krysten Ritter, cast members in the ABC series "Don't Trust the B— in Apartment 23," take part in a Jan. 10, 2012, panel discussion at the Disney ABC Television Critics Association Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif.
