{"id":481437,"date":"2026-02-21T07:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T07:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/481437\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T07:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T07:13:08","slug":"eric-danes-friends-start-gofundme-to-support-his-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/481437\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Dane&#8217;s Friends Start GoFundMe To Support His Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tFollowing <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/eric-dane\/\" id=\"auto-tag_eric-dane\" data-tag=\"eric-dane\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eric Dane<\/a>\u2018s death on Thursday, his friends and fans are stepping up to show their support to his family as they grieve. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tFriends of Dane and wife Rebecca Gayheart\u2019s family have launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/gofundme\/\" id=\"auto-tag_gofundme\" data-tag=\"gofundme\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GoFundMe<\/a> page to raise funds to help support their two teen daughters Billie and Georgie, after Eric <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/02\/eric-dane-dies-53-1236730284\/\">died at age 53<\/a> following a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/als\/\" id=\"auto-tag_als\" data-tag=\"als\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ALS<\/a> diagnosis. Seeking to crowdsource $250,000, the campaign has surpassed $75K as of Friday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cIt is with profound sadness that we share the loss of Eric Dane after a hard-fought battle with ALS, leaving behind his devoted wife, Rebecca, and his two teenage daughters, Billie and Georgia, who were the center of his world,\u201d reads the statement in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/in-honor-of-eric-dane\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">GoFundMe<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cFollowing his diagnosis, Eric became a passionate spokesperson for the ALS community, using his voice and platform to advocate for fellow patients and to push for greater awareness. Even as his own health declined, he remained deeply committed to helping others facing the same devastating disease. As his illness progressed far more quickly than anyone could have imagined, Eric\u2019s friends have come together to create this GoFundMe to support his girls and their future needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThey continued, \u201cAny contribution, no matter the size, will help provide stability during this incredibly difficult time and in the future for Eric\u2019s wonderful daughters. Thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Eric-Dane.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"576\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tKnown for his roles on Euphoria and Grey\u2019s Anatomy, Dane\u2019s family <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/02\/eric-dane-dies-53-1236730284\/\">announced that he died<\/a> on Thursday, after he <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/04\/eric-dane-als-1236366193\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">revealed his ALS diagnosis<\/a> last April.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cWith heavy hearts, we share that Eric Dane passed on Thursday afternoon following a courageous battle with ALS,\u201d the family said in a statement. \u201cHe spent his final days surrounded by dear friends, his devoted wife, and his two beautiful daughters, Billie and Georgia, who were the center of his world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following Eric Dane\u2018s death on Thursday, his friends and fans are stepping up to show their support to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481438,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[12343,88,112897,2596],"class_list":["post-481437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-als","tag-entertainment","tag-eric-dane","tag-gofundme"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}