The past week has been an emotionally draining one for those closes to Eric Dane, as the actor passed away on February 19, 2026, less than a year after being diagnosed with ALS. Understandably, the days following his death have been filled with public tributes from family, friends and former co-stars from Dane’s 35 years in the entertainment world. Now, fellow Grey’s Anatomy vet Katherine Heigl has broken her silence with her own mournful and moving farewell message.
Heigl, whose career both exploded and imploded due to Grey’s Anatomy, took to Instagram on Sunday, Feb. 22, to share a grief-filled reflection that she’d hesitated to go public with before. As she put it:
