Eric Dane was set for a big return to the spotlight at the 2025 Emmys, joining his Grey\u2019s Anatomy castmates for a 20th-anniversary reunion\u2014until \u201cMcSteamy\u201d was suddenly missing from the stage. The reason, it turns out, was the same \u201cnasty disease\u201d he\u2019s been bravely talking about since spring: ALS. A fall at home days before the ceremony sent him to the hospital for stitches and sidelined the appearance he\u2019d been \u201creally looking forward to.\u201d<\/p>\n
For years, Dane charmed viewers as Dr. Mark Sloan on Grey\u2019s Anatomy and later drew critical praise in Euphoria. In April 2025, the 52-year-old revealed he had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the progressive, incurable neurological disease also known as Lou Gehrig\u2019s. \u201cI have been diagnosed with ALS,\u201d he told People, thanking his wife Rebecca Gayheart and their daughters, Billie and Georgia. \u201cI am grateful to have my loving family by my side as we navigate this next\u2026I kindly ask that you give my family and I privacy during this time.\u201d<\/p>\n