Article continues below advertisementJames Van Der Beek posted an emotional birthday post for his daughter and father only weeks before his death.Van Der Beek died on February 11 at the age of 48. No cause of death has been released, but he announced he was struggling with colorectal cancer in 2024.Article continues below advertisementGushing Birthday Post"My father and my daughter share a birthday today. At first, I thought that was all they shared - they seemed so different to me," the post's caption read from January 25.