US EditionEric Dane’s Final Words to Daughters Revealed After Actor’s Death
Eric Dane shared final messages of love, resilience, and advice for his daughters and fans in a 50-minute Netflix interview released posthumously after his ALS battle.
- Eric Dane's posthumous interview premiered on Feb. 20, 2026, when Netflix released a 50-minute episode of Famous Last Words after the actor died on Feb. 19 at age 53.
- Eric Dane recorded the interview in November to leave a final message after announcing his ALS diagnosis 10 months ago following nine months of appointments.
- Dane told his daughters `Live now, right now, in the present` and linked four lessons—`live now, in the present`; fall in love; choose friends wisely; fight with dignity—to childhood loss and struggle, including his father's and grandmother's deaths.
- His family said he spent his final days surrounded by loved ones, and Dane's advocacy included meetings with I Am ALS and Rep. Eric Swalwell to press for research funding.
- Adapted from a Danish series, Famous Last Words records private, crew-free sessions on remote cameras to ensure intimacy, with Falchuk stepping away so Dane could speak alone to camera.
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The Hollywood obituary has been particularly tragic this past week. Last February 15th Robert Duvall, actor of El godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972) and Killing a nightingale (Robert Mulligan, 1962), among other great masterpieces, died. And days later, on February 19th, the turn came prematurely to an Eric Dane who a year ago had been diagnosed with ALS. The performer had been a television star thanks to Grey's Anatomy (Shonda Rhymes, 2005)…
A few months before his death, Eric Dane gave an interview. Now it has been broadcast. In it, the late actor picks up his last message for his daughters.
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Eric Dane spoke about his split from wife Rebecca Gayheart in his final interview before his death. The Euphoria star was 53 when he passed on February 19, and his Netflix special “Famous Last Words: Eric Dane” was released on Friday (February 20). “I think Rebecca was more willing ...
Eric Dane recorded emotional last words in Netflix interview
Wheelchair-bound and largely paralyzed, the ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ star recorded a final interview meant to air only after his death; in it, he delivered an emotional message to his daughters, urging them to live fully in the present
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