{"id":2468745,"date":"2026-06-20T21:27:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T21:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2468745"},"modified":"2026-06-20T21:27:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T21:27:14","slug":"dawsons-creek-star-mary-margaret-humes-shares-fathers-day-tribute-to-james-van-der-beek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/dawsons-creek-star-mary-margaret-humes-shares-fathers-day-tribute-to-james-van-der-beek\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Dawson&#8217;s Creek&#8217; star Mary-Margaret Humes shares Father&#8217;s Day tribute to James Van Der Beek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cDawson\u2019s Creek\u201d alum Mary Margaret Humes is looking back on fond memories with James Van Der Beek ahead of Father\u2019s Day on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWishing all of the amazing dads throughout this vast universe a Happy Father\u2019s Day weekend,\u201d Humes, 72, captioned her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZ0EwJgMxi8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saturday Instagram post<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The post showed a throwback Dawson\u2019s poster featuring Humes with Van Der Beek and John Wesley Shipp. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cDawson\u2019s Creek\u201d star Mary-Margaret Humes (pictured above in a throwback \u201cDawson\u2019s Creek\u201d poster with John Wesley Shipp and Van Der Beek) shared a touching tribute to her late co-star James Van Der Beek ahead of Father\u2019s Day on Sunday.  <span class=\"credit\">Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cMy advice? Give big meaningful hugs and tell them you love them \u2026 a shout-out to simpler times,\u201d Humes (seen above in an episode of \u201cDawson\u2019s Creek\u201d with Van Der Beek) captioned the photo.  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Columbia Tristar\/Courtesy Everett Colle \/ Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cMy advice? Give big meaningful hugs and tell them you love them \u2026 a shout-out to simpler times with @vanderjames @johnwesleyshippjr.\u201d she closed.<\/p>\n<p>Humes, Shipp, 71, and Van Der Beek played a TV family with Humes and Shipp portraying played the parents of Dawson (Van Der Beek) on the popular teen drama, which ran for six seasons from 1998 to 2003.<\/p>\n<p>Van Der Beek was a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/parents\/meet-james-van-der-beeks-6-kids-with-wife-kimberly\/\">father to six children<\/a> \u2014 Olivia, Joshua, Annabel Leah, Emilia, Gwendolyn, and Jeremiah \u2014, all of whom, he welcomed with his wife, Kimberly Van Der Beek.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The actor was a dad to six children \u2014 Olivia, Joshua, Annabel Leah, Emilia, Gwendolyn, and Jeremiah \u2014 all of whom, are pictured above in a family photo with James and his wife, Kimberly Van Der Beek.  <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 (seen above in a selfie) died in February after a battle with colorectal cancer. He was 48 years old.  <span class=\"credit\">James Van Der Beek\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The beloved actor died in February following a battle with colorectal cancer. He was 48 years old. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur beloved James David Van Der Beek passed peacefully this morning,\u201d<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/parents\/meet-james-van-der-beeks-6-kids-with-wife-kimberly\/\">\u00a0his wife<\/a> shared\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUoR_x4EkTm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">via a joint Instagram statement<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe met his final days with courage, faith and grace. There is much to share regarding his wishes, love for humanity and the sacredness of time. Those days will come.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cHe met his final days with courage, faith and grace,\u201d Kimberly (seen here with James) said in a statement at the time.  <span class=\"credit\">vanderkimberly\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>At the time, Humes (seen here in an episode of \u201cDawson\u2019s Creek\u201d with Van Der Beek) reacted to the news of her co-star\u2019s death saying he \u201cfought a hard battle against all odds with such quiet strength and dignity.\u201d   <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the time, Humes \u2014 along with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/11\/entertainment\/dawsons-creek-cast-reacts-to-james-van-der-beeks-death\/\">several of her \u201cDawson\u2019s Creek\u201d co-stars<\/a> \u2014 reacted to the news of Van Der Beek\u2019s death with a social media statement reflecting on the star\u2019s life. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRarely am I at a loss for words \u2026 today would be the exception. James, my gracious warrior, you fought a hard battle against all odds with such quiet strength and dignity,\u201d Humes wrote via Instagram at the time, mourning Van Der Beek\u2019s death. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will always love and admire you for that. Our last conversations, merely a few days ago, are forever sitting softly in my heart for safe keeping.\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>\u201cDawson\u2019s Creek\u201d alum Mary Margaret Humes is looking back on fond memories with James Van Der Beek ahead of Father\u2019s Day on Sunday. \u201cWishing all of the amazing dads throughout this vast universe a Happy Father\u2019s Day weekend,\u201d Humes, 72, captioned her Saturday Instagram post. 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