{"id":6245,"date":"2026-06-20T21:21:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T21:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/dawsons-creek-star-mary-margaret-humes-shares-fathers-day-tribute-to-james-van-der-beek\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T21:21:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T21:21:52","slug":"dawsons-creek-star-mary-margaret-humes-shares-fathers-day-tribute-to-james-van-der-beek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F131667903.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/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 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 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 href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/parents\/meet-james-van-der-beeks-6-kids-with-wife-kimberly\/\">\u00a0his wife<\/a> shared\u00a0<a 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 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><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/20\/celebrity-news\/dawsons-creek-star-mary-margaret-humes-shares-fathers-day-tribute-to-james-van-der-beek\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cDawson\u2019s Creek\u201d alum Mary Margaret Humes is looking back on fond memories with James Van<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/131667903.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}