"Van Der Beek said in a 2012 interview that a clause in the contract he signed at age 20 kept him from earning residuals after the teen drama ended and went into syndication, the Daily Mail reported. TV actors have traditionally relied on residuals to provide them with an income after a show ends."
"There was no residual money, he told the Today show. I was 20. It was a bad contract. I saw almost nothing from that. This bad contract could help explain why the actor, married with six children, had run out of funds by the time he died of complications from a two-year battle with Stage 3 colorectal cancer."
"Friends of the family almost immediately launched a GoFundMe campaign, which has raised $1.6 million as of mid-day Thursday. The target was $550,000, with the description saying that the actor's health struggles left his wife and their children, ages 4 to 15, out of funds and struggling to stay in their Texas home. Throughout illness, the family faced not only emotional challenges but also significant financial strain as they did everything possible to support James and provide for his care, the description reads."
James Van Der Beek died at 48 after a two-year battle with Stage 3 colorectal cancer. A clause in a contract he signed at age 20 prevented him from earning residuals from Dawson's Creek once the show went into syndication. He said he received almost no money from reruns and described the contract as bad. The lack of residuals contributed to severe financial strain during his illness. Friends and supporters launched a GoFundMe to assist his widow and six children, quickly raising well beyond the $550,000 target to help cover living and medical expenses.
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