Article continues below advertisementJames Van Der Beek revealed he was feeling good just two months before he died from cancer on Wednesday, February 11, at age 48."I feel much, much better than I did a couple months ago," the Dawson's Creek alum - who announced his colorectal cancer diagnosis in late 2024 - said in an interview with Today's Craig Melvin on December 19, 2025. "It's been a longer journey than I ever thought it would be. It's required more of me - more patience, more discipline, more strength than I knew I had. I knew I was strong. I didn't know I was this strong.