Overview

• Eric Dane revealed in a Good Morning America interview that his right arm has become completely non-functional due to ALS and he anticipates similar loss in his left hand within months.
• During a recent snorkeling trip, Dane lost the ability to swim and was pulled back to safety by his 13-year-old daughter, Georgia.
• He first noticed weakness about 18 months ago, received an ALS diagnosis after nine months of specialist tests and made his condition public in April 2025.
• His wife, Rebecca Gayheart, and their teenage daughters have become his primary source of emotional and physical care as the disease progresses.
• Dane has voiced fear that the illness could separate him from his daughters during their formative years, recalling his own loss of his father as a child.