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Originally appeared on E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n

For Eric Dane<\/a> and Janell Shirtcliff, a picture is worth a thousand words.<\/p>\n

Following the Grey\u2019s Anatomy<\/a> alum\u2019s death Feb. 19 at age 53<\/a> after a battle with ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), his girlfriend offered a look inside their relationship as she shared several photos of the late actor on social media.<\/p>\n

In a series of Instagram Story<\/a> posts Feb. 21, Janell highlighted candid moments she shared with Eric, including a black-and-white snap of the late actor smiling while getting a tattoo on his left arm and a shot of him posing in a white T-shirt and tan cowboy hat alongside a horse.<\/p>\n

The photographer\u2014who has captured portraits of stars like Post Malone, Jenna Ortega and Dua Lipa\u2014also posted a few sweet PDA moments with Eric, including one where he planted a kiss on the side of her head as they posed on a set of stairs and a selfie of him leaning down towards her shoulder.<\/p>\n

For a closer look at Eric and Rebecca\u2019s relationship timeline, read on\u2026<\/p>\n

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Janell\u2019s content dump also featured a touching glimpse at Eric\u2019s bond with one of her kids, who held up a camera while directing an impromptu photo shoot with the Euphoria star.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want you to look over there at mom,\u201d the youngster instructed Eric in the clip<\/a> before commanding him to \u201csmile.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Eric<\/p>\n

Instagram Stories<\/p>\n

Eric and Janell seemingly debuted their romance<\/a> in June, two months after he shared his ALS diagnosis<\/a>. The pair arrived together at the Los Angeles premiere of his Prime Video crime drama Countdown, sharing a laugh as they walked hand-in-hand down the red carpet.<\/p>\n

E! News reached out to their reps at the time for comment on the relationship but did not hear back.<\/p>\n

Despite Eric\u2019s apparent courtship with Janell, he remained legally married to estranged wife Rebecca Gayheart<\/a>, with whom he shared daughters Billie, 15, and Georgia, 14. In fact, despite their separation in 2017, he continued to hold his ex in high esteem<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will never, by the time anybody sees this, would have ever fallen in love with another woman as deeply as I fell in love with Rebecca,\u201d Eric told Brad Falchuck in his final interview for the Feb. 20 episode of Famous Last Words. \u201cShe\u2019s the mother of my children, and the whole weight of thinking about it was so organic and fortuitous.\u201d<\/p>\n

For a closer look at Eric and Rebecca\u2019s relationship timeline, read on\u2026<\/p>\n

2003\"2003\"<\/p>\n

Eric Dane and Rebecca Gayheart have never revealed how they first connected, though Dane admitted it’s “probably one of the least interesting stories in the world.”<\/p>\n

“It went basically like this: ‘You wanna go out?'” he recalled to Flaunt magazine in 2008. “‘Yeah, sure.’ Ten months later, we were married.”<\/p>\n

October 2004\"October<\/p>\n

Less than one year after they began dating, the couple exchanged vows in Las Vegas. <\/p>\n

May 2017\"May<\/p>\n

After Dane announced he was leaving the TNT drama The Last Ship due to his battle with depression<\/a>, Gayheart took to Instagram to show her support for her husband.<\/p>\n

“Way back when I met my Monday man crush,” Gayheart captioned a throwback photo of the couple. <\/p>\n

February 2018\"February<\/p>\n

Gayheart cited “irreconcilable differences” as the cause of the couple’s split and sought spousal support and joint legal and physical custody of their daughters Billie and Georgia when she filed for divorce. <\/p>\n

“After 14 years together we have decided that ending our marriage is the best decision for our family,” the duo said in a joint statement to E! News at the time. “We will continue our friendship and work as a team to co-parent our two beautiful girls as they are the most important thing in the world to us.”<\/p>\n

However, the divorce was never finalized, and Dane revealed that the pair were still friends and “great” co-parents when he told Entertainment Tonight in 2019, “We have two kids. It’s not complicated…it doesn’t have to be.”<\/p>\n

August 2019\"August<\/p>\n

One decade after the couple made headlines when a nude video with former Miss Teen USA Kari Ann Peniche was published online, Dane addressed the scandal in a rare interview. <\/p>\n

“I often think about that answer I gave. And looking back now, was it a mistake? Absolutely not,” he told Glamour of previously describing the incident as a misstep. “Three consenting adults, one of them being my wife? I wasn’t doing anything wrong.”<\/p>\n

He added that his previous comments were “most likely referring to the drug use that was alluded to in the video.”<\/p>\n

“And was that a mistake? Again, I don’t necessarily think I was breaking any laws and corrupting anybody,” the Grey’s Anatomy alum said. “We were just three people taking a bath.”<\/p>\n

“I didn’t regret it, I have no regrets nor do I make any apologies for my life experience,” he concluded. “It’s my life experience and I’m at peace with all of it.”<\/p>\n

After the tape was published in 2009, the couple was forced to take action, and as a result, Dane and Gayheart filed a $1 million copyright infringement against Gawker Media and reportedly settled for upwards of six-figures. <\/p>\n

August 2022\"August<\/p>\n

The pair first sparked rumors of a reconciliation when they jetted off to Europe as a family of four. The Jawbreaker actress shared snaps from the trip showing Dane making a silly face at the camera with their girls.<\/p>\n

“This is us,” Gayheart captioned the Instagram post. “Family vacay 2022.”<\/p>\n

In a second pic from their European adventures, the foursome posed together with big smiles on the Parisian streets, as she wrote on the ‘gram, “A pit stop in Paris!”<\/p>\n

The group then made their way across the coast to St. Tropez, with Gayheart documenting their journey on her Instagram Stories. “My people,” she captioned a snap of the fam with a friend. <\/p>\n

January 2023<\/p>\n

\"<p>January<\/p>\n

While she filed for divorce in 2018, Dane and Gayheart kicked off the New Year<\/a> as one big family.<\/p>\n

The Euphoria actor and the Beverly Hills, 90210 alum were photographed walking hand-in-hand off a boat together during a vacation with their two daughters.<\/p>\n

March 2025<\/p>\n

\"<p>March<\/p>\n

Gayheart filed to dismiss her divorce petition, seven years after submitting the papers.<\/p>\n

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