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Eric Dane Dies at 53 of ALS
Eric Dane
Dies at 53
of ALS
OBITUARY
Feb 19, 2026 11:07 PM CST

Eric Dane Dies at 53 of ALS

The Grey's Anatomy star died of ALS less than a year after he announced his diagnosis

(Newser) - Eric Dane, the celebrated actor best known for his roles on Grey's Anatomy and Euphoria and who later in life became an advocate for ALS awareness , died Thursday, the AP reports. He was 53. His representatives said Dane died from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known also as Lou Gehrig's...

Rebecca Gayheart on Life After Eric Dane's ALS Diagnosis

Actress reflects on co-parenting, ALS 'care partnering,' and finding hope

(Newser) - Rebecca Gayheart was in her closet when a phone call from husband Eric Dane, from whom she'd separated in 2017, upended life as she knew it: the actor had been diagnosed with ALS. In a first-person account for The Cut , Gayheart describes how Dane's gradual symptoms—weakness in...

Eric Dane Tackles His ALS Struggle On-Screen

Actor draws on his real-life diagnosis for guest role on Brilliant Minds

(Newser) - Actor Eric Dane is taking inspiration from his real life into his new role as a firefighter diagnosed with ALS on NBC's Brilliant Minds. The upcoming guest star role echoes Dane's own recent diagnosis with the neurodegenerative disease. The episode, set to air Nov. 24, sees the Euphoria...

Eric Dane: I Blamed First ALS Symptom on Texting Too Much

Euphoria actor says first sign he had degenerative nerve disease was a weakened right hand

(Newser) - In April, Eric Dane announced to the world that he has ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, and now he's revealing the very first symptom he noticed about a year and a half ago, though at the time he brushed it off, per Variety...

Eric Dane: I Have ALS
Eric Dane:
I Have ALS
Apr 11, 2025 1:30 AM CDT

Eric Dane: I Have ALS

Actor says he will continue working despite diagnosis

(Newser) - Eric Dane has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the 52-year-old actor revealed in an interview with People . "I have been diagnosed with ALS. I am grateful to have my loving family by my side as we navigate this next chapter," said Dane, who plays Cal Jacobs on...

A 14-Year Hollywood Marriage Ends
A 14-Year
Hollywood
Marriage Ends
Feb 17, 2018 8:40 AM CST

A 14-Year Hollywood Marriage Ends

Rebecca Gayheart files for divorce from Eric Dane

(Newser) - Rebecca Gayheart and Eric Dane are asking for "privacy during this time." The two have decided to end their 14-year marriage, with People reporting Gayheart filed for divorce from her 45-year-old husband, listing irreconcilable differences as the cause but giving the date of separation as "TBD."...

15 Celebrity Nude Scandals
 15 Celebrity 
 Nude Scandals 
Jul 29, 2012 8:39 AM CDT

15 Celebrity Nude Scandals

Minka Kelly joins the ranks

(Newser) - Minka Kelly is the latest celebrity to find herself in the middle of a nude video scandal—but her case is particularly controversial because the 1998 sex tape (which is currently for sale ) may just show her before she became a legal adult. Fourteen more notorious nude tape scandals,...

Lindsay, Nicole Among DJ AM Mourners

Service held at Hollywood Palladium

(Newser) - Celeb pals including Lindsay Lohan (with Sam Ronson), Nicole Richie, and Robert Downey Jr. showed up last night to say goodbye to Adam Goldstein—better known as DJ AM. The private service at the Hollywood Palladium was open to "friends both from his life in recovery as well as...

Woman in Dane's Nudie Vid a 'Madam'

(Newser) - The situation keeps getting ickier for poor Eric Dane and his nude video. Now it turns out the second woman who appears with the Grey's Anatomy star and wife Rebecca Gayheart in their hot-tub threesome has worked as a "madam" setting up hookers on jobs, reports the New York ...

Cops Investigate Nude Tape
 Cops Investigate Nude Tape 
Aug 21, 2009 8:25 AM CDT

Cops Investigate Nude Tape

Nudie vid could include evidence of illegal activity

(Newser) - The McSteamy nudie vid could turn into more than just an embarrassment for the stars involved: The LAPD is investigating the tape for evidence of “celebrities engaging in illegal activity,” detectives say in a statement. An unnamed source handed the DVD over to cops on July 30 with...

Don't Worry, McSteamy: Sex Tapes Are Good for You

Third star of nudie vid gets fashion deal

(Newser) - For better or worse, sex tapes turned Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian into household names. So rather than being annoyed at the leak, the stars of the McSteamy nudie vid should be grateful: “Sex tapes have been proven to provide a significant career boost,” one adult-industry editor tells...

McSteamy Video Was Stolen: Star

(Newser) - Kari Ann Peniche, she of recent McSteamy nudie vid fame, tells TMZ it was shot more than 2 years ago and stored on her hard drive—until Mindy McCready, Peniche’s Celebrity Rehab co-star and roommate, stole it. The three naked revelers got together with McCready and their reps last...

McSteamy Rompers: We'll Sue Over Nudie Video

(Newser) - Just hours after a nudie celebrity video hit the net, two of the featured threesome are threatening legal action, TMZ reports. The lawyer for Eric "McSteamy" Dane and Rebecca Gayheart warned he'll sue anyone who publishes the "private, confidential" tape, which he insists is not a sex tape—...

McSteamy, Gayheart Nudie Video Hits the Net

(Newser) - Grey's Anatomy's "Dr. McSteamy" is starring in a nudie video with his wife and an ex-beauty queen that's heating up the Internet, Gawker reports. Eric Dane shares camera duties with wife Rebecca Gayheart and looker-cum-Hollywood-madame Kari Ann Peniche as the three act high and riff on their "porn...

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