James Van Der Beek, wife had paid off nearly $270,000 in tax debt

James Van Der Beek, who died last week following a battle with stage 3 colorectal cancer, and his wife Kimberly owed hundreds of thousands in tax debt before paying it off in 2022.

The IRS said the 48-year-old titular “Dawson’s Creek” star and his producer wife owed a total of $269,328.62 in unpaid taxes from 2018 and 2019, resulting in a lien in late 2021, TMZ reports.

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The couple — who wed in 2010 and together had six children...