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James Van Der Beek dies at 48
#25James Van Der Beek dies at 48
Posted: 2/18/26 at 12:02am
John Adams said "There's no doubt about the fact that there are many more families in desperate need… Yes… and?"
Perhaps HG's second (spite) donation would have been better going to one of those cases. Instead of somewhere that has already far exceed their target. I would have thought so. Or maybe a cancer charity.
#26James Van Der Beek dies at 48
Posted: 2/18/26 at 12:27am
John Adams said: "Even if you’re “right” in your opinions - your timing in regards to criticizing a mourning family really stinks. “Yikes”."
Was this directed towards me? If so, then my response is: people bandying about figures in the millions of dollars can go pound sand. They don't need my money or yours.
I literally go to grocery stores and count the change in my pocket to see if I can afford a snack this week. Should I set up a GoFundMe to see what I can get out of it?
Zeppie2022
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/12/22
#27James Van Der Beek dies at 48
Posted: 2/18/26 at 9:07am
Jay Lerner-Z said: "The power of celebrity.
Worth remembering there are many more families in desperate need."
I agree with you Jay. Celebrities have plenty of people to help them IMO so I would never fund any of their "Go Fund Me" efforts. I prefer to help in my local community which has people in more desperate need like you mentioned.
#28James Van Der Beek dies at 48
Posted: 2/18/26 at 2:17pm
Jay Lerner-Z said: "Perhaps HG's second (spite) donation would have been better going to one of those cases. Instead of somewhere that has already far exceed their target. I would have thought so. Or maybe a cancer charity."
You have attacked me in this and one other post here, without my having addressed you at all. Stop it.
#29James Van Der Beek dies at 48
Posted: 2/18/26 at 2:22pm
John Adams said: "The man (and regardless of where his talent has taken him - he is still a man, like others. And by many accounts, a generally decent man) just died from an illness that is not quick, and also carries with it a prerequisite period of endured suffering for both patient and family. Even if you’re “right” in your opinions - your timing in regards to criticizing a mourning family really stinks. “Yikes”."
"Thank You" John Adams. YIKES indeed.
#30James Van Der Beek dies at 48
Posted: 2/18/26 at 3:41pm
Highland Guy said: "Jay Lerner-Z said: "Perhaps HG's second (spite) donation would have been better going to one of those cases. Instead of somewhere that has already far exceed their target. I would have thought so. Or maybe a cancer charity."
You have attacked me in this and one other post here, without my having addressed you at all. Stop it.
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Your style is passive aggressive, mostly. If I've misjudged you this time it is because of your past behavior.
Still waiting on that apology you owe me, by the way.
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#31James Van Der Beek dies at 48
Posted: 2/25/26 at 1:44pm
kdogg36 said:
I literally go to grocery stores and count the change in my pocket to see if I can afford a snack this week. Should I set up a GoFundMe to see what I can get out of it?"
Wow, so you are financially irresponsible enough to go to a Broadway show, give a review about it, but you can't afford a snack? Is what I would say to someone if I truly thought in my mind that other people's finances and how they spend their money was any of my business. It's simply not.
It is easier to resent the visible than to interrogate the powerful. So, when friends of Eric Dane and James Van Der Beek organized GoFundMe campaigns, what they were doing was not frivolous. Their friends were doing something ordinary. They were passing the hat.
Communities have always done this. In small towns. In churches. In union halls. When someone is ill, when someone is grieving, when uncertainty descends, people gather resources and say: Let us help carry them. It's been this way since humans existed.
At the center of all of this are families. Spouses. Children. Parents. Friends standing in the shock of illness and death and asking what can be done. In their grief, they chose the most tangible gift available: financial stability in an unstable moment. That choice does not signal elitism. It signals love. Perhaps the more revealing question is not why anyone would give, but why generosity toward someone recognizable provokes such suspicion. Are the people judging or calling it horrible have any friends or family? I honestly wonder. Compassion should not have a means test. Ever.
It's absolutely abhorrent that anyone would have the nerve to speak negatively about a voluntary act, in which they do not have to participate in. Like, were you raised in a barnyard? Anyone who does has never lost someone to cancer or ALS or drug addiction as so many of us have. The families don't need your judgement at this devastating time. They don't need your inane, offensive questions. Their lives have been altered forever. Don't give and scroll past, it requires no comment. Period.
#32James Van Der Beek dies at 48
Posted: 2/25/26 at 5:17pm
Sutton Ross said: "Wow, so you are financially irresponsible enough togo to a Broadway show, give a review about it, but you can't afford a snack?Is what I would say to someone if I truly thought in my mind that other people's finances and how they spend their money was any of my business. It's simply not."
I know you're specifically not asking this question, but it's a legitimate thing to ask. For the record, I've only been able to see Broadway (and other) shows for the past couple of years because I have a very generous friend who invites me to accompany him.
Everything else you say makes sense to me and I probably should have kept my thoughts to myself, given the tragic situation.
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#33James Van Der Beek dies at 48
Posted: 2/25/26 at 5:24pm
Thank you for acknowledging that. You are thoughtful and have a lot to offer on here and in life, I sincerely believe. I just wanted to let you know that, K.
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