JAMES VAN DER BEEK, DAWSON'S CREEK, VARSITY BLUES

James Van Der Beek, the actor known best for embodying those formative, angsty teenage years in "Dawson's Creek" and "Varsity Blues," has died following a diagnosis with colorectal cancer. He was 48.

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