More than just McSteamy: Eric Dane was masterful in Grey’s Anatomy – the real man of everyone’s dreams

Eric Dane was a ‘scene-stealer’ as Mark Sloan – AKA McSteamy – in Grey’s Anatomy. Dane has died at 53, just a year after announcing his ALS diagnosis. Photograph: Bob D’Amico/THA/Shutterstock

Eric Dane, one of the most handsome men DNA has ever fabricated, has died at 53, just a year after announcing his ALS diagnosis. We just lost Dawson Leery, and now this. It’s a tough time to be a millennial.

It goes without saying: Dane was very good looking. Even in the 2000s, which treated us to a glut of ridiculously handsome TV stars (Chad Michael Murray, Jared Padalecki, Milo Ventimiglia), he was breathtaking. The voice. The eyes. The soul patch. Oof.