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Eric Dane, "Grey's Anatomy" and" Euphoria "Star, Dead at 53 Nearly 1 Year After Announcing ALS Diagnosis (Original Post) question everything Thursday OP
He was one of my favorites on Grey's Anatomy. May he RIP. skylucy Thursday #1
Another brutal disease. RIP, Eric. nt babylonsister Thursday #2
How did he go so fast while Stephen Hawking lived 50 years with ALS? PeaceWave Thursday #3
cali has assisted suicide. so? mopinko Thursday #6
I considered that possibility. No shame in it, considering the diagnosis. PeaceWave Thursday #9
that's def 1 wd that wd lead me to it. mopinko Thursday #10
Hawking had a slow progressing form of the disease. milestogo Thursday #8
like parkinson's, some cases are worse i guess. i thought this was fast too. pansypoo53219 19 hrs ago #15
I knew a woman who died of ALS in her 50s. greatauntoftriplets Thursday #4
"The Last Ship" was a series about dystopian world Ilsa Thursday #5
So sad to hear this. milestogo Thursday #7
:( mzmolly Thursday #11
So sorry to hear this. catbyte Thursday #12
How difficult it must have been to helplessly follow the progression of the disease question everything Thursday #13
McSteamy...so cruel for a talent like that LittleGirl Yesterday #14

greatauntoftriplets

(178,763 posts)
4. I knew a woman who died of ALS in her 50s.
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 10:15 PM
Thursday

Like Dane, it took about a year. Her doctors said that the disease progresses faster in younger people.

Ilsa

(64,113 posts)
5. "The Last Ship" was a series about dystopian world
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 10:17 PM
Thursday

after an extremely deadly pandemic. Dane played the captain of a Navy destroyer (maybe?) with an infectious disease specialist working on a cure. He looked good in uniform.

He will be missed.

ALS is such a horrible disease.

catbyte

(38,925 posts)
12. So sorry to hear this.
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 11:14 PM
Thursday

I lost my dad to ALS and it's one of the cruelest diseases out there. At least with diseases like cancer there's hope. You don't always win, but with ALS that diagnosis is always a death sentence.

question everything

(51,926 posts)
13. How difficult it must have been to helplessly follow the progression of the disease
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 11:31 PM
Thursday

My condolences.


LittleGirl

(8,990 posts)
14. McSteamy...so cruel for a talent like that
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 12:18 AM
Yesterday

Gorgeous and Fine. Back in the 80s, I would have joked…

I wouldn’t throw him out of bed. Weird saying now that I think of it. But, I remember saying it and hearing it, winking.

Rest in Peace. Pass gently.

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