{"id":2277824,"date":"2026-02-11T20:05:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T20:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2277824"},"modified":"2026-02-11T20:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T20:05:11","slug":"james-van-der-beeks-final-photo-was-an-emotional-tribute-to-his-daughter-and-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/james-van-der-beeks-final-photo-was-an-emotional-tribute-to-his-daughter-and-father\/","title":{"rendered":"James Van Der Beek&#8217;s final photo was an emotional tribute to his daughter and father"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>James Van Der Beek\u2019s final Instagram post was a touching picture of him with his daughter Annabel.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cDawson\u2019s Creek\u201d alum <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/11\/celebrity-news\/james-van-der-beek-dead-at-tk-after-colorectal-cancer-battle\/\">died Wednesday,<\/a> his wife, Kimberly, confirmed. Van Der Beek had been battling colorectal cancer since August 2023.<\/p>\n<p>In <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DT9DK5pDr8O\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his final Instagram post on Jan. 25,<\/a> Van Der Beek paid tribute to both Annabel and his father, James, on their joint birthdays.<\/p>\n<p>In the photo, the actor wore a sweater and a beanie, wrapping his arms around Annabel as she hugged him back. He also shared a picture of his father with Annabel.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>James Van Der Beek\u2019s final photo posted on his Instagram was a sweet picture of him with his daughter Annabel. <span class=\"credit\">vanderjames\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The \u201cDawson\u2019s Creek\u201d alum died Wednesday after a battle with colorectal cancer. <span class=\"credit\">James Van Der Beek\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201d I can recognize the same open, warm, loving, gentle heart,\u201d he wrote of the two. \u201cI see the care and dedication you shower upon those you love most. I see the same out-of-the-box Aquarian creativity and originality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you both make every room you\u2019re in more fun,\u201d he continued. \u201cDifferent senes of humor, but you both have a way of alchemizing the vibe around you in such a subtle way one can almost miss how powerfully you do this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Van Der Beek shared that he was \u201cinsanely grateful\u201d to have the two in his life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe world is a better place because the two of you are in it,\u201d he wrote. \u201cHappy birthday, guys. I love you with all my heart \u2764\ufe0f.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>His last Instagram post was a tribute to both his daughter Annabel and his father, James, who share the same Jan. 25 birthday. <span class=\"credit\">vanderjames\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Van Der Beek shared six children with his wife, Kimberly. <span class=\"credit\">vanderjames\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Van Der Beek was 48 years old. He shared six children with Kimberly: Olivia, 14, Joshua, 13, Annabel, 12, Emilia, 8, Gwendolyn, 6, and Jeremiah, 3.<\/p>\n<p>Kimberly shared on Wednesday that the actor \u201cmet his final days with courage, faith, and grace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is much to share regarding his wishes, love for humanity and the sacredness of time. Those days will come,\u201d she wrote. \u201cFor now we ask for peaceful privacy as we grieve our loving husband, father, son, brother, and friend.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Van Der Beek\u2019s final Instagram post was a touching picture of him with his daughter Annabel. The \u201cDawson\u2019s Creek\u201d alum died Wednesday, his wife, Kimberly, confirmed. Van Der Beek had been battling colorectal cancer since August 2023. In his final Instagram post on Jan. 25, Van Der Beek paid tribute to both Annabel and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2277825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[30058,22062,24003,21787,22491,350582,21912,21913],"class_list":["post-2277824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-children","tag-celebrity-deaths","tag-celebrity-news","tag-celebrity-social-media","tag-instagram","tag-james-van-der-beek","tag-movies","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/James-Van-Der-Beeks-final-photo-was-an-emotional-tribute.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2277824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2277824"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2277824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2277826,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2277824\/revisions\/2277826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2277824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2277824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2277824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}