Katie Holmes has shared a touching tribute to her Dawson's Creek coastar Obin defo after his death Holmes 45 starred on the small screen alongside Obie who played bod wells in the TV series Obie's death was announced via Facebook by his sister mkm defo on Saturday August 31st Obie was 51 years old Holmes who played Joey Potter took to Instagram stories on Sunday September 1st to share her message alongside a screenshot of an Instagram real posted by her Dawson's Creek co-star Mary Margaret Humes on Saturday he was wonderful to work with and such a kind man Holmes wrote over the screenshot I send prayers and Grace to his family rest in peace redart celebrity deaths of 2024 Stars we lost this year the screenshot included a photo of obie smiling alongside Humes 70 who played Dawson's mom Gail ly Humes original real showed Holmes and Obie sharing a hug behind the scenes of the Teen drama as well as several photos of Obi in character on the show which premiered on the WB in January 1998 it ran for six seasons and starred James Van derak in the title role alongside Michelle Williams as Jennifer Jen Lindley and Joshua Jackson as pacy Witter mim's Facebook post which did not include any details of Obie's death included a photo of herself smiling next to her brother heartbroken at the loss of my younger brother and knowing he's finally at peace gem captioned the photo the actor and yoga teacher was best known for his work on Dawson's Creek playing the recurring role of bod from 1998 to 2002 hume's Saturday real tagged several Dawson's Creek Alum including Holmes Jackson 46 and vanderbeek 47 Obie's death comes several years after a tragic hit and run accident took both of the actor legs in 2019 Obie had been loading groceries into his car in Los Angeles when a speeding drunk driver slammed into him from behind severing his right leg and damaging his left severely enough to require amputation to save his life Dawson's Creek cast where are they now despite the horror of what happened Obie maintained a positive attitude continuing to teach yoga classes this is just so horrendous what happened to me why would I compound this by feeling bad about it he told the Los Angeles Times in December 2019 I didn't even have to choose positivity he added how do you know how you would handle this how do you know what your own reserves are and anyway what's the alternative a graduate of Yale University's drama school Obie also made appearances on such shows as Angel The West Wing the jam fox show Stargate sg1 Third Rock From the Sun Crossing Jordan Star Trek Deep Space 9 and Star Trek Voyager