Rebecca Gayheart Recalls Eric Dane’s ‘Last Trip to the Hospital’ Before His Death: ‘Everything Shifted’
Gayheart said the family realized the severity after three days in the hospital, as Dane’s ALS rapidly worsened before his death.
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Rebecca Gayheart Opens Up About Eric Dane’s Final Days: “Everything Shifted”
The wife of the 'Grey's Anatomy' star, who died in February, less than a year after announcing his ALS diagnosis, spoke about how she had "no idea that was it" when Dane made his last hospital trip.
On Tuesday, November 3, 2026, Rebecca Gayheart took part in the program TODAY on the occasion of the release of the memoirs of Eric Dane, My Book of Days: A Memoir in Moments. The actress came back to the last moments spent with the actor, who died last February at the age of 53.
The actor's ex-wife recalled his last hospitalization
Rebecca Gayheart Recalls Eric Dane’s ‘Last Trip to the Hospital’ Before His Death: ‘Everything Shifted’
Rebecca Gayheart was with husband Eric Dane every step of the way amid his battle with ALS, but she wasn’t prepared for his final trip to the hospital before his death. “He had gone to the hospital so many times before, and they would patch him up, so to speak, and he would come home,” Gayheart, 55, told Maria Shriver during the Tuesday, November 3, episode of Today, referring to Dane’s death in February at the age of 53 following a battle with …
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