Gayheart and Dane in 2004.
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Rebecca Gayheart, wife of Grey’s Anatomy and Euphoria star Eric Dane, is thanking her community for the support they’re showing after Dane’s death. “I am so blown away by the outpouring of love and support from our community,” she wrote on Instagram Stories. “There aren’t words to express our gratitude. You are truly holding us up during this difficult time.” Dane died of complications from Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) on February 19. Since then, friends and castmates have been sharing their grief on social media. Everyone from Grey’s creator Shonda Rhimes to Euphoria star Sydney Sweeney have reached out. A GoFundMe was also set up for Dane’s family, but it is now on hold.
Gayheart and Dane wed in 2004. They had two daughters together — Billie in 2010 and and Georgia in 2011. Gayheart filed for divorce in 2018, but withdrew it after Dane’s ALS diagnosis. Gayheart said in November 2025 podcast appearance that she withdrew the divorce petition to show her daughters that “We show up for people no matter what,” adding “I don’t know if I’m doing it well or in the wrong way or right way, I’m just showing up and trying to be there for them.”
Both Dane and Gayheart were candid about their complicated family dynamic in the months leading up to his death. “Spending all this time together, it’s all been really positive, and I think it’s nice for the kids to see maybe a softer side of us,” Gayheart wrote in The Cut. “It’s not that they have the hopes of us being together — kids always dream of their parents getting back together, and I think now ours don’t because they understand the reality of the situation. And hopefully, what they see instead are two adults who are trying to be mature and focus on what’s important.” Dane said on Netflix’s Famous Last Words that he still loves Gayheart: “There’s a lot of love there. I will never, by the time anybody sees this, would have ever fallen in love with another woman as deeply as I fell in love with Rebecca.”
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