Everything Eric Dane Said About His ALS Battle Before His Death | E! News
Eric Dane, star of ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ and ‘Euphoria,’ shared he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, in April 2025, telling People at the time, “I am grateful to have my loving family by my side as we navigate this next chapter.” As Dane went through this health battle, his wife of over 20 years, Rebecca Gayheart, who filed to dismiss their 2018 divorce in March, was by his side along with the couple’s two daughters, Billie and Georgia. The actor’s rep confirmed his death to E! News Feb. 19. Full Story: https://www.eonline.com/news/1428765/eric-dane-dead-als-lou-gehrigs-disease-quotes
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44 Comments
Rest in Heaven🙏🏾
This is heartbreaking! Why do the good die young?
It is a fast diease rip
I thought he was getting better
Rest in Peace Captain Tom Chandler 🕊🕊
May You Rest In Peace Mr Eric Dane .Thank You For Your Service . This interview brought me to tears. I will pray for Mr Eric Dane and his family.!
He was drunk and rude season after season.
Insufferable. Everyone celebrated when he was finally fired after nearly a kirking decade. Ugh.
A side effect of poppin' Funtanyl pills for years? ASL! 💊💊💊💊💊💊💊💊💊
R.I.P Eric sending my ❤ to his family
RIP
RIP 😢💔🙏🕯
Rip!!
RIP Eric what a handsome boy God has taken too soon❤
We all die sometime…
was his wife also actress or i'm maybe mistaken
Nnnnnoooooo😢my heart is soooo shattered. I am so so SO hurt!!!! Ugh.
So so sorry 😞 😔 😟 thats so sad 😞 😔
I just found out about Eric Dane's death this morning. It's shocking how many celebrities we lost in the 2020s so far, RIP McSteamy 🕊
Without a doubt, Eric Dane was my absolute favorite character on ABC's Grey's Anatomy. From the very first iconic scene where he emerged from the steamy shower, I was hooked.
I extend my heartfelt and sincere condolences to Rebecca Gayheart and their daughters Billie and Georgia as they navigate this meandering journey of enormous grief and bereavement. I wish you God's Speed.
R.I.P. Eric Dane. May your memory always be a blessing. 💕
What is happend with actos,so many are died in the last month! RIP!
That little girl who used to cry over every single Grey’s episode, who paused the TV just to stare at Mark Sloan’s smirk, who dreamed of a love like his (messy but real)… she’s all grown up now, but right now she feels 15 again, curled up on the couch with a blanket, ugly-crying because the news broke my heart in a way I didn’t expect.
Eric Dane wasn’t just an actor to me. He was the reason I fell in love with flawed characters, with redemption arcs, with the idea that people can be complicated and still deserve love. Watching him fight ALS so bravely already hurt so much, but knowing he’s gone… it’s unbearable.
Mark Sloan died in a plane crash on the show, but this feels so much worse because it’s real. I can’t stop thinking about his daughters, his wife, everyone who loved him.
I’m not okay. And I know I’m not alone in this. Grey’s gave us family when we needed it most, and Eric was part of that family. Forever grateful. Forever heartbroken. Rest easy, McSteamy. We’ll miss you more than words can say. 💔🩺😭
RIP Eric Dane 😢
TYPICAL expensive hospital and doctor’s bills.
ENDLESS “research”.
RESULTS: Chronic to Terminally ill people waiting to die (bone & blood for me).
So sad for Eric as we’re the same age as well as for the plethora of stars and wealthy people recently whose lives are cut short far too soon. 🌹
Too many of us have been betrayed and failed by the medical industrial complex of “degreed professionals” which is why I ultimately chose to die alone in peace after 4 years of horrible hospitals, doctors, tests, etc. The REALITY is that medicine remains impotent in the face of most diseases. All doctors do is prolong agony for💰.
Oh no!!!!!!!!!!😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
He was great in the Last Ship even with his problems with booze in them days. RIP
RIP Eric Dane so sad gone too soon 🙏😢
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ALS is the same disease that took Sandra Bullock's husband, Bryan Randall. It's so scary because it destroys people so quickly.
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I am socked and I am sad
He was a wonderful actor..
Condolences to his family and friends 🙏🏽
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Good riddance up in here 🎉 🕺 🥂
9 months for a real doctor to tell him exactly what had …amazing! Just watch Ozzys documentary botched a neck surgery giving him a surgery he didn’t need and took months to find a doctor that found again ..exactly what was wrong! These doctors all suck! Not like the good ole days ! With all this technology you would think they would be educated enough
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RIP Eric. Prayers for your family and friends. You were a wonderful actor and will be missed.
That is sad and ibwant someone with me when I die it is a beautiful story
I'm heartbroken and sad he was a great actor
Such an awful disease….I'm sorry he passed but glad he is not suffering. RIP Eric
So sad he's too young what causes this?
Sooooo very sad. My heart breaks for his two girls and his wife.
McSteamy 😢MHSRIP ❤
She separated from him in 2018 and got back in 2025? LOL.. why not he was dying and she would get all his $
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