Overview

• Speaking at Step Up’s Inspiration Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 26, Gayheart said daughters Billie, 15, and Georgia, 13, are “really suffering” as the family adjusts.
• Gayheart said the family is working with professional therapists and focusing on hope, dignity, grace and love while coping with the diagnosis.
• Dane, 52, previously detailed rapid progression, saying his right side has stopped working and he has only one functioning arm as strength declines on his left.
• Earlier this month, Dane unveiled a partnership with I AM ALS for a Push for Progress campaign targeting $1 billion over three years and advocating renewal of the Act for ALS.
• The advocacy video was posted a day after he missed a planned Emmys presentation, underscoring his effort to stay public-facing while managing the disease.