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EXCLUSIVE: Eric Dane's Noble Battle - How Tragic Actor Spent Final Days Dedicated to Family, Friends and Raising ALS Awareness · Fresh Intelligence

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  [SPEAKER_00]: Dane passes away.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: After ALS, Eric Dane, famed for his role as Dr. Mark Mech's teamy Sloan on, is it?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Passed away on February 19th, following a brave struggle with Amiatrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: At 53, the beloved actor fought relentlessly, remaining committed to his cause until his last moments.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In September, Dane traveled to Washington, DC, to advocate for ALS funding legislation.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He emotionally declared, I have two daughters at home.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I want to see them graduate college, get married, maybe have grandkids.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I want to be there for all that.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So, I'm going to fight until the last breath on this one.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Dana survived by his daughters, Billy, 15, and Georgia 14, whom he shares with actress Rebecca Gayhart, 54.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The couple married in 2004 but separated in 2017.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Gayhart filed for divorce in 2018.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But with Drew her petition in March 2025, shortly before Dane publicly announced his ALS diagnosis, a debilitating neurodegenerate disease that ultimately leads to severe muscle weakness and paralysis.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Explaining her decision to withdraw the divorce filing, Gayheart emphasized the importance of family support during difficult times.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: She stated,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He is your father.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Since his diagnosis, gay heart and their daughters have frequently visited Dane, who resided rent free at a Los Angeles property owned by his friend Johnny Depp during his final months.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In December, Dane participated in a virtual panel for the charity I AMALS, reflecting on his newfound strength amid the challenges of his illness.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He remarked, I have no reason to be in a good spirit at any time, on any given day.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I don't think anybody would blame me if I went upstairs in my bedroom, crawled under the sheets and spent the next two weeks crying, but I realized that I wasn't built like that.