(Photo by Cindy Ord\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cWhile James\u2019 legacy will always live on, this is a huge loss to not just your family but the world. F\u2013k Cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSending love and light to your beautiful family. James was a giant,\u201d fellow early 2000s icon Chad Michael Murray chimed in.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re so so so sorry for what you\u2019re going through. His words, art and humanity inspired all of us- he inspired us to be better in all ways. God bless you guys.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m so devastated. He is and will always be family to me. Love you so much James. The man that you are, you can be proud of. So grateful that I got to be there to say goodbye to you,\u201d wrote Emma Slater, who competed with James on Season 28 of Dancing With the Stars<\/em>.<\/p>\n\u201cLove you, James. I know you\u2019re in Heaven being pampered with love,\u201d wrote Paul Walter Hauser, who raised thousands for Van Der Beek\u2019s cancer treatments.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cThe Van Der Beeks will be in our daily prayers and we\u2019ll be drumming up some money to support your beautiful family. Thanks for the body of work and for being one of the good guys.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSpending these final days with you has been a true gift from God.\u2028I have never been so present in my life.
When you know time is sacred, you don\u2019t waste a single breath,\u201d wrote James friend and fellow actor Stacy Kiebler.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t rush. You don\u2019t scroll. You don\u2019t worry about tomorrow. You sit. You listen. You hold hands. You watch the sky change colors and you let it change you too.\u201d<\/p>\n
Our thoughts go out to all of James\u2019 loved ones during this incredibly difficult time.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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