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James Van Der Beek says he will not be in attendance at the Dawson's Creek reunion event, citing health struggles

The Sept. 22 charity event is set to bring the original cast back together for a live reading of the pilot, and Lin-Manuel Miranda will now fill in for Van Der Beek as Dawson

The actor was diagnosed with stage 3 colorectal cancer last year

James Van Der Beek says he will not be in attendance at the Dawson's Creek reunion charity event, citing health struggles amid his cancer diagnosis.

In an Instagram post shared on Sunday, Sept. 21 — just one day before the one-night-only charity event on Monday, Sept. 22 — the 48-year-old actor wrote that he was "gutted" after developing two different stomach viruses, but assured fans that he would have an "underst

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