How James Van Der Beek's Kids Reacted to His Cancer Diagnosis

James Van Der Beek has sadly passed away.

Prior to his death on Wednesday (February 11), he opened up about how he told his wife Kimberly and their six children — daughters Gwen, 7, Annabel, 12, Emilia, 9, and Olivia, 15, and sons Jeremiah, 4, and Joshua, 13 – about his stage three colorectal cancer diagnosis.

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“I like to take care of everybody. I’m a provider, and I was trying to be Superman and be all things to everybody,” he told People in 2024.