{"id":2292718,"date":"2026-02-21T15:05:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T15:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2292718"},"modified":"2026-02-21T15:05:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T15:05:16","slug":"eric-danes-ex-priya-jain-reconnected-with-him-before-his-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/eric-danes-ex-priya-jain-reconnected-with-him-before-his-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Dane\u2019s Ex Priya Jain Reconnected With Him Before His Death"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tAs many know, Eric Dane<\/a>, known for his roles in Grey\u2019s Anatomy<\/em> and Euphoria<\/em><\/a>, passed away at the age of 53 from his battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis<\/a> (ALS) on Feb 19. Friends and family have come together to honor his memory, with many leaving tributes about how wonderful he was. But it seems that behind the scenes, he and an ex-girlfriend made amends before his tragic death.<\/p>\n

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\n\tIt seems he and his ex, model Priya Jain<\/a>, reconnected as pals before his death, with sources from UsWeekly <\/a>giving more details about the sweet bond.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIn the months leading up to Eric\u2019s passing Priya and Eric reconnected their relationship as friends. It was more important for them to remain friends\u201d following their split last summer,\u201d the inside source added, noting that Jain \u201chas so much love\u201d for Dane: \u201cHe was such a special person.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe source added, \u201cShe has a lot of love for his family. [She] knows how hard this is for his daughters [and] feels for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tNow, Jain is \u201cso sad and devastated\u201d by Dane\u2019s death, with the source adding, \u201cShe\u2019s grateful they exist to keep his memory alive.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: Eric Dane Was Reportedly Dating Two Women Before His Red Carpet Debut With Janell Shirtcliff<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tNow, Jain and Dane\u2019s romance was kind of messy. According to Page Six <\/em>sources<\/a>, Jain and Dane were actually together when he made his red carpet debut with Janell Shirtcliffe. Jain was reportedly \u201cblindsided\u201d by their red carpet appearance because \u201cthey never broke up.\u201d They were first spotted together in the summer of 2024 and became \u201cexclusive\u201d in Nov 2024; but it seems they were all fine before his death.<\/p>\n

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\n\tAt the time of his death, he was still married to estranged wife Rebecca Gayheart, and was in a relationship with director Janell Shirtcliffe<\/a>. Before Gayheart, Dane dated actress Lara Flynn Boyle, whom he dated in the early 2000s, but left when he discovered she was pursuing Hollywood legend Jack Nicholson at the same time, per The Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tHe also dated actress Alyssa Milano during their time on Charmed <\/em>together, but it was a brief romance and they stayed close pals until his death at 53.<\/p>\n

Before you go, click here<\/a> to see celebrity exes who will always be friends.<\/em><\/strong>
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\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.sheknows.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As many know, Eric Dane, known for his roles in Grey\u2019s Anatomy and Euphoria, passed away at the age of 53 from his battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) on Feb 19. Friends and family have come together to honor his memory, with many leaving tributes about how wonderful he was. But it seems that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2292719,"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":[24003,367407],"class_list":["post-2292718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-eric-dane"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Eric-Danes-Ex-Priya-Jain-Reconnected-With-Him-Before-His.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2292718","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=2292718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2292718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2292720,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2292718\/revisions\/2292720"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2292719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2292718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2292718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2292718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}