Van Der Beek played Dawson Leery on the hit show Dawson’s Creek. He announced his colon cancer diagnosis in 2024.
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Remembering the actors, musicians, writers and artists we lost in 2025
Every year, we remember some of the writers, actors, musicians, filmmakers and performers who died over the past year, and whose lifetime of creative work helped shape our world.
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‘The Mask’ and ‘Pulp Fiction’ actor Peter Greene dies at 60
The character actor was best known for playing villains in movies like Pulp Fiction and The Mask. Greene was found dead in his New York City apartment on Friday, his manager and friend told NPR.
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Author Sophie Kinsella, who penned the ‘Shopaholic’ books, has died at 55
The author, whose real name was Madeleine Sophie Wickham, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer in late 2022.
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Acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard dies at 88
The Czech-born British playwright is known for Arcadia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and The Coast of Utopia. Stoppard also wrote screenplays for Brazil and Shakespeare in Love.
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Opinion: Remembering Marianne Faithfull
NPR’s Scott Simon remembers English singer and actor Marianne Faithfull, who died this week at the age of 78.
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Opinion: Bob Newhart showed us the extraordinary in the ordinary
NPR’s Scott Simon remembers understated comedian and actor Bob Newhart, who died this week at the age of 94.
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Joe ‘Jellybean’ Bryant, former NBA player and father of Kobe Bryant, dies at 69
Bryant played in the NBA for eight seasons, before taking his playing career overseas. He later coached at a his alma mater, La Salle University, as well as the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks.
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Opinion: Remembering the star screenwriter Robert Towne
NPR’s Scott Simon remembers screenwriter Robert Towne, who died this week. Towne won an Oscar for Chinatown, which is considered one of the best screenplays in American cinema.
