Eric Dane died in California on 19 February aged 53, and according to a source quoted by RadarOnline, the Grey's Anatomy actor left this world with 'zero regrets' about the 2009 sex tape scandal, while his estimated 7 million dollar estate now appears set to pass to his still‑legal wife, Rebecca Gayheart.
The news comes less than a year after Eric Dane publicly confirmed in April 2025 that he had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, and as fresh attention turns to how he reconsidered the scandal that dogged him for more than a decade. It also follows a quiet legal twist: the divorce case that once threatened to end his marriage was dismissed in 2025, meaning that, on paper at least, Dane and Gayheart were fully married when he died.
