Eric Dane's widow Rebecca Gayheart posted a tribute to him from her and their daughters Billie, 16, and Georgia, 14, on the eve of his one month death anniversary.
Dane, who shot to fame on Grey's Anatomy as Dr. Mark Sloan aka 'McSteamy,' died February 19 aged 53 of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) about a year after he announced that he had been diagnosed with the illness.
The rare, incurable degenerative condition impairs the nervous system over time and causes the muscles to increasingly suffer from paralysis.
Although Dane split from Gayheart in 2017, they remained friendly co-parents and never finalized the divorce, which they called off just before he revealed he had ALS, colloquially known in America as Lou Gehrig's disease.
Gayheart, 54, remained a stalwart source of support for him amid his final decline, even as both of them continued to date other people.
She posted an Instagram montage this Wednesday of Dane with her and their children, writing: 'There are no words. All our love forever -- your girls.'
Gayheart uploaded the post a day after she and her daughters with Dane made their first public appearance since his death nearly a month prior.
They were attending the premiere of a new film called The Drama, starring Dane's Euphoria co-star Zendaya along with Robert Pattinson.
Euphoria creator Sam Levinson - the son of Rain Man director Barry Levinson - was among the flood of donors to a GoFundMe set up by Gayheart's friends to help financially support her and her daughters in the wake of Dane's death.
Her appearance at the premiere of The Drama came on the heels of news that a public memorial service will be held for Dane in Los Angeles, via TMZ.
The event is reportedly borne of fan enthusiasm, after viewers were left outraged that Dane was snubbed by the in memoriam reel at the Oscars last Sunday.
A source close to Gayheart said part of the object of the memorial was for Dane to 'smile and feel loved and know that his life was not in vain.'
The event is also being held in honor of the fans, whose outpouring of homages and condolences is said to have touched Dane's family.
A Gayheart insider said Dane's exclusion from the Oscars in memoriam 'saddened' his family, but added that they understood why he was left out inasmuch as 2025 had been 'a year of profound loss for the industry.'
Gayheart posted an Instagram montage this Wednesday of Dane with her and their children, writing: 'There are no words,' and adding: 'All our love forever -- your girls'
Gayheart's new post in honor of Dane came on the heels of news that a public memorial service will be held for Dane in Los Angeles, via TMZ
The event is reportedly borne of fan enthusiasm, after viewers were left outraged that Dane was snubbed by the in memoriam reel at the Oscars last Sunday
Hollywood legends such as Diane Keaton, Robert Duvall and Catherine O'Hara were honored, with Barbra Streisand leading a tribute to Robert Redford and Billy Crystal fronting a star-studded encomium to Rob Reiner.
Dane was among a group of shock omissions, including Dawson's Creek and Varsity Blues star James Van Der Beek and French screen icon Brigitte Bardot.
He had secretly recorded a final message for his daughters to be released posthumously in a Netflix special entitled Famous Last Words: Eric Dane.
'Billie and Georgia, these words are for you: I tried. I stumbled sometimes, but I tried,' he said, speaking directly to the camera. 'Overall, we had a blast, didn't we?'
Dane then shared the four lessons he had learned over the course of his life that he wanted to impart to his daughters before he died.
'First, live now, right now in the present. It's hard, but I learned to do that,' he said. 'For years, I would wander off mentally, lost in my head for long chunks of time, wallowing in worry and self-pity, shame and doubt. I replayed decisions, second-guessed myself. "I shouldn't have done this. I never should've done that."'
However he ultimately declared: 'No more,' a change in mindset that he characterized as a decision he made 'out of pure survival'.
He added: 'Second, fall in love. Not necessarily with a person, although I do recommend that as well. But fall in love with something,' Dane said.
Explaining that he had discovered acting at around his daughters' age, he said: 'Find your passion, your joy. Find the thing that makes you wanna get up in the morning.'
His third dictum was to 'choose your friends wisely,' to 'find your people and allow them to find you and then give yourselves to them,' inasmuch as the 'best of them will give back to you. No judgement. No conditions. No questions asked.'
Sharing his gratitude for the friends who 'stepped up' when he became ill, he urged his daughters: 'Just show up. And love your friends with everything you have. Hang on to them. They will entertain you, guide you, support you and some will save you.'
His fourth and final exhortation was to 'fight with every ounce of your being and with dignity. When you face challenges, health or otherwise, fight.'
Dane told Billie and Georgia: 'Never give up. Fight until your last breath. This disease is slowly taking my body, but it will never take my spirit. So when something unexpected hits you, and it will, because that's life, fight and face it with honesty, integrity and grace, even if it feels or seems insurmountable.'
The San Francisco-born actor's voice broke as he reflected: 'I hope I've demonstrated that you can face anything. You can face the end of your days. You can face hell with dignity. Fight girls, and hold your heads high.'
He concluded by saying ''Billie and Georgia, you are my heart. You are my everything. Good night. I love you. Those are my last words.'