Eric deliberately made the decision to publicly announce his diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
The famous American actor died at the age of 53 due to complications caused by ALS, 10 months after he was diagnosed with the fatal disease.
Dane made his last public appearance in December 2025 when he attended a panel discussion with Synapticure and I AM ALS co-founders Sandra Abrevaya and Brian Wallach, and admitted that his decision to open up about his experiences with ALS was “imperative.”
He said: “It’s imperative that I share my journey with as many people as possible because I don’t feel like my life revolves around me anymore.”
“I have no reason to be in a good mood on any given day. I don’t think anyone would blame me if I went upstairs to my bedroom, crawled under the sheets and cried for the next two weeks. And I was kind of pleasantly surprised when I realized I wasn’t built that way, because I definitely thought I would be.”
“I’m making sure people are aware of what ALS is and what it’s about, and more importantly, what we can do to combat it and improve the landscape because it’s so rocky and littered with hurdles, bureaucracy and all this other nonsense that we’re trying to sort through so we can get to a place where we can go and start working on a solution,” the spokesperson said. Grey’s anatomy star explained.
It is pertinent to mention that Eric Dane is survived by his family including two daughters, Billie Beatrice Dane and Georgia Geraldine Dane, whom he welcomed with his ex-wife Rebecca Gayheart.
