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In 1997, he was studying English at Drew University, in New Jersey, when he played a disturbed teenager under the care of an equally disturbed psychiatrist in Nicky Silver’s Off Broadway comedy “My Marriage to Ernest Borgnine.”
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In 1997 he was studying English at Drew University when he played a disturbed teenager in My Marriage to Ernest Borgnine
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{ "play": "My Marriage to Ernest Borgnine", "year": "1997", "subject": "James Van Der Beek", "university": "Drew University" } - UUID
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- February 15, 2026 at 5:04 PM (6 months ago)
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https://nytimes.com/2026/02/11/arts/television/james-van-der-beek-dead.html
James Van Der Beek, star of 'Dawson's Creek,' has died at 48 after battling colorectal cancer. The obituary details his career, from his early stage work to his roles in 'Varsity Blues' and 'Don't Trust the B___ in Apartment 23.'
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