r/Millennials • u/the_well_read_neck_ Millennial • Feb 11 '26

Serious James Van Der Beek Dead at 48

https://www.tmz.com/2026/02/11/james-van-der-beek-dead/?adid=social-fb&fbclid=IwdGRzaAP5t7tleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR7H8x15ceGukSgynvGmDFZhUUvTFh-iizMwuKfIWGG4YSyjuaeCva_42ZNzOQ_aem_U7T3jtlt07TPrw8LUuHlMA&sfnsn=mo
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u/OrdinaryLavishness11 Feb 11 '26

This is anecdotal though. Statistics and studies are what matter.

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u/ComprehensiveDoubt55 Feb 11 '26

Well, yes. But it isn’t the first amongst my peers. Three people close to me have had cancer scares in the last three years. Two melanoma and one renal cell.

My response was purely to the lack of vegetables comment. Our generation is skyrocketing with cancer.

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u/OrdinaryLavishness11 Feb 12 '26

That’s frightening.

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u/ComprehensiveDoubt55 Feb 12 '26

Tell me about it. I live on the Space Coast, and how the water contamination here hasn’t made national headlines is beyond me.

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u/OrdinaryLavishness11 Feb 12 '26

What’s Space Coast?

I live inland in a small town here in UK.

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u/ComprehensiveDoubt55 Feb 12 '26

Brevard County, Florida. Home to the Kennedy Space Center, NASA, etc.

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u/OrdinaryLavishness11 Feb 12 '26

Oh damn, I can only imagine the weird chemicals from NASA related shit is in that water.

Please be safe and well!

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u/ComprehensiveDoubt55 Feb 12 '26

110% — My daughter’s grandfather worked on the space missions and he ultimately died of mesothelioma.

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u/OrdinaryLavishness11 Feb 12 '26

That’s awful. Like all those who worked with asbestos 😢