Patrick Dempsey (Dr. Derek Shepherd)
The morning after Eric‘s demise, Patrick Dempsey appeared on The Chris Evans Breakfast Present the place he shared heartbreaking particulars about Eric‘s last days.
“I really feel actually so unhappy for his youngsters,” Patrick shared. “I used to be corresponding with him, we had been texting, so I spoke to him a few week in the past and a few mates of ours went in to see him and he was actually beginning to lose his capacity to talk.”
Patrick emphasised that he needs to recollect Eric for the “pleasure” he was to work with quite how his well being deteriorated within the last days of his life.
“He was bedridden and it was very onerous for him to swallow, so the standard of his life was deteriorating so quickly,” Patrick shared. “He was the funniest man – he was such a pleasure to work with and I wish to simply bear in mind him in that spirit as a result of any time he was on set, he introduced a lot enjoyable to it.
“He had an awesome humorousness. He was simple to work with, we bought alongside immediately,” he continued. “First scene was him, you already know, in all his glory, popping out of the toilet with the towel on wanting superb, making you’re feeling utterly out of form and insignificant.”
Patrick additionally mentioned that there was “by no means actually any competitors” between himself and Eric on the Gray’s set and that they “hit it off” proper from the start.
“There was simply this glorious mutual respect,” Patrick mentioned. “He’s wickedly clever and I’m at all times going to recollect these moments of enjoyable that we had collectively and have fun the enjoyment that he did convey to individuals’s lives and the true loss is for us who don’t have them anymore.”
Talking of Eric‘s ALS analysis, Patrick mentioned, “He did an unimaginable job at bringing consciousness to this horrible illness and people remaining days and it simply reminds us that all of us must have fun every single day prefer it’s our final day.”
“It’s one thing that we have now to recollect and positively in a world the place there may be simply a lot disaster and there may be a lot tragedy that we actually must be grateful for each second that we have now,” he shared. “Spend time with our households, do issues which are higher, that good thing about different individuals to be of service to be type, to be loving and these values with our management sadly that we’re seeing around the globe and positively in America with this horrible, you already know, corrupt authorities that’s at the moment operating America, we have now to recollect to deal with our neighbors and our mates with the suitable values.”
Chyler Leigh (Dr. Lexie Gray)
Chyler Leigh remembered Eric in a press release to AND! Information.
“The final 48 hours have been devastating,” Chyler shared. “I by no means thought I might be utilizing the time period ‘had or was,’ however right here we’re. And I hate it.”
“Eric had a coronary heart of gold,” she continued. “His humor and, particularly, his snicker was infectious. He was a deeply clever man who might carry a philosophical dialog for hours even whereas we had been on set. He was a tremendous father and beloved his ladies FIERCELY. Extremely keen about his work and the causes he saved near his coronary heart.”
Chyler went on the emphasize how Eric‘s legacy will stay on.
“The Universe is undoubtedly holding Eric now,” she continued, “simply as I’ll proceed to do inside my coronary heart eternally.”