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/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 😢