{"id":2471931,"date":"2026-06-23T12:38:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T12:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2471931"},"modified":"2026-06-23T12:38:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T12:38:53","slug":"rebecca-gayheart-marks-first-fathers-day-since-eric-danes-death-with-emotional-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/rebecca-gayheart-marks-first-fathers-day-since-eric-danes-death-with-emotional-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebecca Gayheart marks first Father&#8217;s Day since Eric Dane&#8217;s death with emotional post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/19\/photos\/eric-danes-life-in-photos\/\">Eric Dane<\/a>\u2018s widow, Rebecca Gayheart, marked the first <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/21\/photos\/fathers-day-2026-david-beckham-kelly-osbourne-and-more-stars-celebrate\/\">Father\u2019s Day<\/a> since the actor died with an emotional post about <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/celebrity-news\/eric-dane-kids\/\">their two daughters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hurt for my girls today,\u201d she wrote on her Instagram Stories above the photos of the \u201cEuphoria\u201d star with their daughters, Billie, 16, and Georgia, 14.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a \u2018first\u2019 of many to come. I know Eric is looking out for them every day. \u2764\ufe0f\u200d\ud83e\ude79,\u201d the \u201cJawbreaker\u201d actress, 54, added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rebecca Gayheart (seen above with her family) penned an emotional post about her daughters on the first Father\u2019s Day since Eric Dane died. <span class=\"credit\">rebeccagayheartdane\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">rebeccagayheartdane\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Billie also honored her late father on social media, sharing throwback photos of them when she was younger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHappy fathers dad dada, not one date goes by where I don\u2019t miss you,\u201d the teen wrote. \u201cI love you so much more than words could ever describe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dane <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/19\/celebrity-news\/eric-dane-dead-at-53-after-als-battle\/\">passed away<\/a> on Feb. 19, less than one year after he\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/04\/10\/celebrity-news\/greys-anatomy-alum-eric-dane-announces-als-diagnosis\/\">announced his Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) diagnosis<\/a>. He was 53.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cGrey\u2019s Anatomy\u201d actor\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/02\/celebrity-news\/eric-danes-cause-of-death-revealed\/\">died of respiratory failure<\/a>, per his death certificate\u00a0obtained by People in March.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">rebeccagayheartdane\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">rebeccagayheartdane\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Additionally, his underlying cause of death was a result of ALS, a progressive nervous system disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis\/symptoms-causes\/syc-20354022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">per Mayo Clinic<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Dane and Gayheart tied the knot in a surprise ceremony in Las Vegas in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>They welcomed daughters Billie and Georgia in 2010 and 2011, respectively. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">ShotbyNYP \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The \u201cScream 2\u201d actress filed for divorce from Dane in February 2018 after 14 years of marriage, but\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/19\/celebrity-news\/why-eric-danes-wife-rebecca-gayheart-withdrew-divorce-filing-after-actors-als-diagnosis\/\">withdrew the petition<\/a>\u00a0last November due to the actor\u2019s health issues.<\/p>\n<p>After the death of the \u201cBad Boys: Ride or Die\u201d star, Gayheart <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/22\/celebrity-news\/rebecca-gayheart-speaks-out-after-husband-eric-danes-death\/\">broke her silence<\/a>, thanking everyone for supporting her and her kids through this \u201cdifficult\u201d time.<\/p>\n<p>Four months after Dane\u2019s passing, his youngest daughter, Georgia, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/06\/celebrity-news\/eric-danes-daughter-graduates-middle-school-after-his-death\/\">graduated from middle school<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">rebeccagayheartdane\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Rebecca Gayheart\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations Georgia !!! You have\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/15\/celebrity-news\/celebrity-kids-who-graduated-in-2026-kate-hudson-reese-witherspoon-and-more\/\">graduated middle school\u00a0<\/a>and survived an incredibly difficult year,\u201d the actress\u00a0wrote on Instagram\u00a0in June.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am so beyond proud of you \u2014 your tenacity, grit and grace has been on full display,\u201d Gayheart continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWelcome to high school\u2014 I have no doubt you\u2019re ready . I am so excited for you ! Not pictured is your MVP trophy for beach volleyball. Bravo , congratulations and I love you so much \u2665\ufe0f\u201d<\/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>Eric Dane\u2018s widow, Rebecca Gayheart, marked the first Father\u2019s Day since the actor died with an emotional post about their two daughters. \u201cI hurt for my girls today,\u201d she wrote on her Instagram Stories above the photos of the \u201cEuphoria\u201d star with their daughters, Billie, 16, and Georgia, 14. \u201cIt\u2019s a \u2018first\u2019 of many to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2471932,"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":[25538,373791,30058,30992,22062,70626,24003,21787,367407,376013,323338,358421,21913],"class_list":["post-2471931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-actors","tag-als","tag-celebrity-children","tag-celebrity-dads","tag-celebrity-deaths","tag-celebrity-families","tag-celebrity-news","tag-celebrity-social-media","tag-eric-dane","tag-fathers-day","tag-rebecca-gayheart","tag-teens","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Rebecca-Gayheart-marks-first-Fathers-Day-since-Eric-Danes-death.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471931","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=2471931"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2471933,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471931\/revisions\/2471933"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2471932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2471931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2471931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2471931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}