The ex-wife of late Hollywood star James Van Der Beek has walked down the aisle four months after the actor’s tragic death.
James Van Der Beek’s ex-wife has remarried four months after the Hollywood star’s tragic passing.
The US star died in February, aged 48, after a short battle with stage-three colorectal cancer.
Van Der Beek’s ex-wife, Heather McComb, 49, whom he was married to between 2003 and 2010, revealed on Instagram that she tied the knot on Saturday, four months after the star’s untimely death.
The actress married actor Scott Michael Campbell in an intimate ceremony in Missoula, Montana.
“Yesterday @scottmichaelcampbell and I under the covenant of God got officially married by my beautiful sister [Essence Atkins surrounded] by the people we love most in the world,” she wrote to her more than 15,400 followers.
“Our hearts are full and humbled by all of the love that we were surrounded by. God is so good. Thank you to all of our family and friends who travelled from all over the country to be with us. Thank you Jesus the way maker miracle worker!”
Van Der Beek’s family announced his death on social media back in February, 13 months after his heartbreaking diagnosis.
“Our beloved James David Van Der Beek passed peacefully this morning,” shared his wife Kimberly.
“He met his final days with courage, faith, and grace. There is much to share regarding his wishes, love for humanity and the sacredness of time.
“Those days will come. For now we ask for peaceful privacy as we grieve our loving husband, father, son, brother, and friend.”
In the days following the beloved actor’s death, friends set up a GoFundMe, explaining that Kimberly, a former film producer, and the couple’s young children face an “uncertain future” after her late husband’s ongoing cancer treatment left them “out of funds”.
A-listers sent in sizeable contributions: among the top donors were Zoe Saldana, who pledged $US2,500 per month to the family, Steven Spielberg who donated $US25,000, and Wicked director Jon M. Chu who donated $US10,000.
Meanwhile, shortly before his passing, Van Der Beek claimed that he made “no money” from his starring role in Dawson’s Creek due to a clause in his contract about re-runs of the hit series.
Van Der Beek shot to fame in 1998 as lead character Dawson Leery on the show, which he played for six seasons.
Despite the show’s huge popularity – which has continued since it ended in 2003 – he previously confessed he makes no money from re-runs or streaming deals.
“There was no residual money,” he said on the US Today show. “I was 20. It was a bad contract. I saw almost nothing from that.”
