Shriver said Dane had been determined to leave a message for his family.<\/p>\n
She added in a statement released by Penguin Random House: \u201cHe told me he wanted his family to know how much he loved them and he wanted to leave them a story they could be proud of.\u201d<\/p>\n
The publisher described the memoir as \u201ca deeply personal work\u201d reflecting on the actor\u2019s life, including family, sobriety, fatherhood and living with terminal illness.<\/p>\n
Dane’s memoir aims to leave a message of love and resilience for his daughters and readers. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n
The release stated completing and publishing the book had been Eric\u2019s own decision.<\/p>\n
The statement went on: \u201cHe wanted his daughters and readers to have these words. Publishing it as planned allows him to continue speaking, in his own voice, with the clarity and courage that defined him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Before his death, Eric also explained why he wanted to document moments from his life.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cI wake up every morning, and I\u2019m immediately reminded that this is real \u2013 this illness, this challenge \u2013 and that\u2019s exactly why I\u2019m writing this book.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eric added: \u201cI want to capture the moments that shaped me \u2013 the beautiful days, the hard ones, the ones I never took for granted \u2013 so that if nothing else, people who read it will remember what it means to live with heart.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf sharing this helps someone find meaning in their own days, then my story is worth telling.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dane\u2019s memoir will reflect on his early years working in Hollywood, his experiences with sobriety and the perspective he gained after being diagnosed with ALS.<\/p>\n
An official synopsis of the autobiography states the book \u201ccaptures everything from the grind of his early years in Hollywood and the hard-won peace of sobriety to the profound clarity that came with his ALS diagnosis\u201d.<\/p>\n
The description says Dane uses it to reflect on the \u201cbeauty and weight\u201d of each of his days, while looking beyond his lifetime to the \u201cfuture days\u201d that will follow after his death.<\/p>\n
Before he died, Dane also filmed what became his final recorded interview as part of the Netflix series Famous Last Words. The interview was conducted privately and released only after his death.<\/p>\n
At the end of the interview, he directly addressed his daughters Billie Dane, 15, and Georgia Dane, 14.<\/p>\n
The book, completed before Eric Dane’s death from ALS, reflects on his life, family, and sobriety. Photo \/ NZM<\/p>\n
Dane said: \u201cFight with every ounce of your being and with dignity. When you face challenges, health or otherwise, fight.<\/p>\n
\u201cNever give up. Fight until your last breath. This disease is slowly taking my body, but it will never take my spirit.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope I\u2019ve demonstrated that you can face anything. You can face the end of your days. You can face hell with dignity.<\/p>\n
\u201cFight girls, and hold your heads high.<\/p>\n
\u201cBillie and Georgia, you are my heart. You are my everything. Good night. I love you. Those are my last words.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shriver said Dane had been determined to leave a message for his family. She added in a statement…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315902,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[74,5195,2108,52856,163341,4731,634,156,46351,293,9933,9462,4977,111,139,69,1118,85672,3227,1961,61,1533,379],"class_list":["post-315901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-after","tag-be","tag-book","tag-dane","tag-danes","tag-days","tag-death","tag-entertainment","tag-eric","tag-his","tag-later","tag-memoir","tag-my","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-of","tag-posthumously","tag-published","tag-this","tag-to","tag-will","tag-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}