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Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nRead more<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nRebecca Gayheart has made her first public appearance since the death of her husband, Eric Dane. <\/p>\n
Grey\u2019s Anatomy <\/em>star Dane \u2014 who died February 19 at age 53 less than one year after sharing news of his amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) diagnosis \u2014 and Gayheart were married for more than a decade before their 2017 separation. They remained legally married at the time of his death.<\/p>\nJust weeks after Dane\u2019s death, Gayheart, 54, and her two daughters shared with the late actor, Billie, 16, and Georgia, 14, attended Tuesday night\u2019s Los Angeles premiere of The Drama<\/em>. <\/em>The red carpet photos saw Gayheart in a striped dress with a small pink purse, while her oldest daughter opted for a white lace outfit and her younger daughter sported a light pink dress. <\/p>\nGayheart wore her long hair down, styled to frame her face though falling in front of her eyes at times. She offered a soft smile for the cameras.<\/p>\n
In a statement announcing Dane\u2019s death, his family said: \u201cWith heavy hearts, we share that Eric Dane passed on Thursday afternoon following a courageous battle with ALS. He spent his final days surrounded by dear friends, his devoted wife, and his two beautiful daughters, Billie and Georgia, who were the center of his world.\u201d<\/p>\n
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open image in gallery<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>Rebecca Gayheart and her daughters attended the Los Angeles premiere of \u2018The Drama\u2019 Tuesday night (Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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open image in gallery<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>Gayheart offered a soft smile for the camera (AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nDane and Gayheart met in 2003 and tied the knot less than a year later. But they separated in 2017 after over a decade of marriage. Gayheart filed for divorce in 2025, but dismissed the filing after Dane\u2019s ALS diagnosis.<\/p>\n
Although the couple was estranged, they remained close friends and co-parents for years, with Gayheart caring for Dane up until his death.<\/p>\n
While the pair each dated different people, Gayheart wrote in an essay for The Cut <\/em>in December 2025 that their \u201clove may not be romantic, but it\u2019s a familial love.\u201d<\/p>\n\u200b\u200bIn his final pre-recorded interview, Dane praised Gayheart as his \u201cbest friend\u201d and \u201cbiggest champion.\u201d<\/p>\n
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open image in gallery<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>While Gayheart filed for divorce from Eric Dane in 2025, she dismissed the filing after he revealed his ALS diagnosis (Getty Images for AFI)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\u201cWe\u2019re still really best friends, but we\u2019re not together,\u201d he explained to Brad Falchuk in Netflix\u2019s Famous Last Words <\/em>interview that aired February 20. \u201cBy virtue of the distance of us living in separate homes, there\u2019s a lot of time lost there. But I made sure that I can be there as much as possible and certainly when it counts.\u201d<\/p>\nLast week, Gayheart opened up in an interview with Variety<\/em> about how her family has been doing in the weeks following Dane\u2019s death. <\/p>\n\u201cI just want to thank everybody for being so kind to us during the last couple of years. It\u2019s been challenging and meaningful, and people are kind,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m having trouble receiving all of the support and love coming at me from every which way because of Eric and the [entertainment] community that\u2019s so generous with their time.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve been holding me and the girls up the last two weeks, and I don\u2019t think they\u2019re going anywhere. I think they\u2019re in it for the long haul,\u201d she continued. \u201cHollywood gets a bad rap. That kind of makes me mad, because we have a lovely community of people, and I\u2019m so grateful for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it. Your support makes all the difference. Read more Rebecca Gayheart has made her first public appearance since the death of her husband, Eric Dane. Grey\u2019s Anatomy star Dane \u2014 who died February 19 at age 53 less than one year after sharing news of his amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) diagnosis \u2014 and Gayheart were married for more than a decade before their 2017 separation. They remained legally married at the time of his death. Just weeks after Dane\u2019s death, Gayheart, 54, and her two daughters shared with the late actor, Billie, 16, and Georgia, 14, attended Tuesday night\u2019s Los Angeles premiere of The Drama. The red carpet photos saw Gayheart in a striped dress with a small pink purse, while her oldest daughter opted for a white lace outfit and her younger daughter sported a light pink dress. Gayheart wore her long hair down, styled to frame her face though falling in front of her eyes at times. She offered a soft smile for the cameras. In a statement announcing Dane\u2019s death, his family said: \u201cWith heavy hearts, we share that Eric Dane passed on Thursday afternoon …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13449"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}