Rebecca Gayheart broke her silence on husband Eric Dane’s loss of life following his battle with ALS.
Gayheart, 54, shared a number of throwback household images with Dane and their two daughters by way of her Instagram Tales on Saturday, February 21, along with a hyperlink endorsing a GoFundMe marketing campaign meant to financially assist their children within the wake of the late actor’s premature loss of life.
“Thanks to everybody,” she wrote subsequent to a screenshot of the fundraiser.
Us Weekly confirmed Dane’s loss of life at age 53 on Thursday, February 19.
Actor Eric Dane is useless after a battle with ALS. He was 53. Dane’s household confirmed the information on Thursday, February 19, in an announcement to Us Weekly. “With heavy hearts, we share that Eric Dane handed on Thursday afternoon following a brave battle with ALS,” the assertion learn. “He spent his last days surrounded (…)
“With heavy hearts, we share that Dane handed on Thursday afternoon following a brave battle with ALS,” an announcement from his household learn. “He spent his last days surrounded by pricey mates, his devoted spouse and his two lovely daughters, Billie and Georgia, who had been the middle of his world. All through his journey with ALS, Eric turned a passionate advocate for consciousness and analysis, decided to make a distinction for others going through the identical battle.”
The message continued, “He can be deeply missed and lovingly remembered at all times. Eric adored his followers and is perpetually grateful for the outpouring of affection and assist he’s obtained. The household has requested for privateness as they navigate this not possible time.”
HBO additionally shared an announcement mourning the actor, who starred as Cal Jacobs on Euphoria. “We’re deeply saddened by the information of Eric Dane’s passing,” a spokesperson stated. “He was extremely gifted and HBO was lucky to have labored with him on three seasons of Euphoria. Our ideas are together with his family members throughout this tough time.”
Weeks earlier than his loss of life, Dane was anticipated to attend the ALS Community’s Champions for Cures and Care Gala on January 24 to simply accept his Advocate of the Yr Award, however the group revealed that “because of the bodily realities of ALS, he (was) not properly sufficient to attend.”
Gayheart shared two daughters with Dane, whom she married in 2004. The pair separated in 2018, however Gayheart ultimately withdrew her divorce petition in 2025. Later that 12 months, she opened up about Dane’s prognosis in an article for New York Journal‘s The Lower.
“His signs began possibly a 12 months prior. After we would have a meal with the children, he’d say issues like, ‘One thing’s improper with my hand.’ He was struggling to make use of his chopsticks, dropping his meals. That was when he began seeing docs,” Gayheart recalled in December 2025.
She continued, “When he advised me that day, he simply began weeping, as did I. It didn’t really feel actual as a result of he was nonetheless OK.” Per week later, she and Dane advised their daughters Billie, 15, and Georgia, 14, about his prognosis.
Dane ultimately went public together with his well being battle in April 2025. Gayheart, in the meantime, known as ALS a “horrible illness.”
“Irrespective of how ready you might be, or how a lot I put together the ladies, or how a lot Eric prepares himself, he’ll get up one morning and there’s one thing else that’s an impediment, or he’s misplaced the flexibility to do yet one more factor — it simply comes out of nowhere,” she wrote. “It’s a horrible, horrible illness.”
Gayheart additionally mirrored on her relationship with Dane, writing, “We separated, however we by no means obtained a divorce; we had been about to after which we didn’t. We haven’t lived in the identical house for eight years; he’s dated different individuals, I’ve dated somebody. It’s a really difficult relationship, one which’s complicated for individuals. Our love is probably not romantic, but it surely’s a familial love.”
Dane, in the meantime, mirrored on his marriage to Gayheart in his last interview, which aired on Netflix after his loss of life.
“I’ll by no means, by the point anyone sees this, have fallen in love with one other girl as deeply as I fell in love with Rebecca. She’s the mom of my youngsters,” Dane stated in his Well-known Final Phrases interviewadditionally acknowledging why they separated in 2018. “I feel Rebecca was extra keen to point out up and do her half than I used to be. I don’t have that gene (that) simply makes you need to maintain going no matter what’s taking place. I’m like, ‘If there’s a gap within the boat, don’t attempt to patch the opening. Scuttle the rattling factor and go discover a new one.’ … Rebecca’s a fighter and he or she perseveres.”