Eric Dane left a moving message for his daughters Billie and Georgia before his death.
The Grey’s anatomy star recorded a final message in an interview with Netflix for his teenage daughters months before his death.
The 53-year-old actor breathed his last on Thursday almost a year after being diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Now, following Dane’s death, Netflix has titled the documentary Famous last words: Eric Danewhich shares the actor’s final reflections on life.
At the end of the 50-minute film, Dane shared a touching message to his daughters.
“Billie and Georgia, these words are for you. I tried. I stumbled at times, but I tried,” he began. “Overall we had a blast, didn’t we?”
Dane then continued to share four lessons with Billie and Georgia.
“Live now first, now in the present. It’s hard, but I’ve learned that. For years I wandered mentally, lost in my head for long periods of time, wallowing in worry and self-pity, shame and doubt. I repeated decisions and doubted myself. ‘I shouldn’t have done this. I should never have done that.’ Not anymore.”
The second message was about love: ‘Fall in love. Not necessarily on a person, although I recommend that too. But fall in love with something,” Dane said.
“Find your passion, your joy. Find the thing that makes you want to get up in the morning.”
The third lesson he gave his daughter was to “choose your friends wisely.” “Find your people and let them find you, and then give yourself to them,” said the father of two. “The best of them will give back to you. No judgment. No strings attached. No questions asked.”
Finally, Dane said, “fight with every ounce of your being and with dignity. When you face challenges, health or otherwise, fight. Never give up. Fight until your last breath. This disease slowly takes over my body, but never my mind.
“So when something unexpected happens to you, and it will, because that is life, fight it and face it with honesty, integrity and grace, even if it feels or seems insurmountable.”
He concluded by saying, “Billie and Georgia, you are my heart. You are my everything. Good night. I love you. Those are my last words.”
