Rebecca Gayheart Shares Heartfelt Tribute to Eric Dane with Family Memories

DeAnna JanesSun, February 22, 2026 at 1:42 AM UTC

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Rebecca Gayheart just honored husband Eric Dane in the sweetest way possible on social media.

Taking to her Instagram Stories (@rebeccagayheartdane) today, she posted a series of initimate videos, homages, clips, and photos that all play out like a sort of family photo album.

The tribute starts “somewhere in the beginning,” with a picture of Dane and Gayheart lounging on a bed. There’s an open laptop nearby; Gayheart is propping her head on Dane’s chest and looking up at the camera.

Gayheart’s emotional tribute spans nearly 10 minutes and includes footage of Dane’s television work on Grey’s Anatamy; beach vacations with their girls, Billie Beatrice Dane and Georgia Geraldine Dane; and his "famous last words."

Somewhere near the middle of the slideshow, footage of Dane’s interview with Brad Falchuk, titled Famous Last Words, which was released the Friday after he died on Netflix, plays.

“I see you now playing in the ocean for hours, my water babies,” he says, speaking directly to his daughters. “Live now,” he adds, sharing a lesson he’s learned from the disease.

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Songs including Lady Gaga’s “Always Remember Us This Way,” off the A Star Is Born soundtrack; “Chasing Cars,” by Snow Patrol; and “Tears in Heaven,” by Eric Clapton, play over some of the videos. Toward the end, there’s video of their girls playing “Fly Me to the Moon” on the piano and singing along.

The tribute ends with a picture of Dane in his wheelchair in what appears to be a men’s department store. Fair warning: Keep tissues nearby as you watch. This one left us a wreck.

Dane passed away Thursday, Feb. 19, after a battle with ALS. He announced his diagnosis 10 months earlier. He was 53.

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