{"id":2290246,"date":"2026-02-20T02:40:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T02:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2290246"},"modified":"2026-02-20T02:40:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T02:40:20","slug":"eric-dane-dead-at-53-after-als-struggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/eric-dane-dead-at-53-after-als-struggles\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Dane dead at 53 after ALS struggles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Actor Eric Dane has died.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cGrey\u2019s Anatomy\u201d alum passed away on Thursday, 10 months after announcing his ALS diagnosis.<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/eric-dane-dead-greys-anatomy-star-was-53-11717334\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He was 53 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Dane\u2019s family shared in a statement <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/eric-dane-dead-greys-anatomy-star-was-53-11717334\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to People<\/a>, \u201cWith heavy hearts, we share that Eric Dane passed on Thursday afternoon following a courageous battle with ALS. \u201cHe spent his final days surrounded by dear friends, his devoted wife, and his two beautiful daughters, Billie and Georgia, who were the center of his world.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"8761683\"><br \/>\n\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Pief Weyman\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThroughout his journey with ALS, Eric became a passionate advocate for awareness and research, determined to make a difference for others facing the same fight,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cHe will be deeply missed, and lovingly\u00a0remembered always.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEric adored his fans and is forever grateful for the outpouring\u00a0of love and support he\u2019s received.\u00a0The family has asked for privacy as they navigate this impossible time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dane had been open about his struggles with ALS, which he <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) just weeks after calling off his divorce from Rebecca Gayheart.\">shared he was diagnosed with in April 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>ALS \u201cis a nervous system disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord,\u201d leading to \u201closs of muscle control\u201d and progresses over time,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis\/symptoms-causes\/syc-20354022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to the Mayo Clinic.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is no cure.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with \u201cGood Morning America\u201d back in June 2025, he <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/06\/16\/celebrity-news\/eric-dane-reveals-first-symptom-that-led-to-als-diagnosis\/\">revealed his first symptom.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started experiencing some weakness in my right hand, and I didn\u2019t really think anything of it at the time,\u201d the actor explained to Diane Sawyer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought maybe I had been texting too much or my hand was fatigued. But a few weeks later, I noticed it had gotten a little worse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Story developing\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Eric Dane has died. The \u201cGrey\u2019s Anatomy\u201d alum passed away on Thursday, 10 months after announcing his ALS diagnosis.. He was 53 years old. Dane\u2019s family shared in a statement to People, \u201cWith heavy hearts, we share that Eric Dane passed on Thursday afternoon following a courageous battle with ALS. \u201cHe spent his final [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2290247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[373791,22062,24003,367407,21913],"class_list":["post-2290246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-als","tag-celebrity-deaths","tag-celebrity-news","tag-eric-dane","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Eric-Dane-dead-at-53-after-ALS-struggles.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2290246"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2290248,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290246\/revisions\/2290248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2290247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2290246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2290246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2290246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}