A moving interview with Eric Dane has been released on Netflix as part of Famous Last Words, a series built around conversations recorded to be shared only after the subject has died.
Dane died at the age of 53 on February 19 after a short battle with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
He was diagnosed with the progressive condition in April 2025 and spoke candidly about what he was facing, using his platform to spotlight ALS — a disease that affects as many as 350,000 people around the world.
Before his death, Dane sat down with Netflix for an episode of Famous Last Words. The service had promised the footage would remain unreleased until after he passed away, and it has now been made available to stream.
At one point in the interview, the Grey’s Anatomy star shared an emotional message addressed directly to his teenage daughters.
“Billie and Georgia, these words are for you,” Dane begins his message. “I tried. I stumbled sometimes but I tried. Overall we had a blast didn’t we. Remember all the times we spent at the beach, the two of you me and mom in Malibu, Santa Monica, Hawaii, Mexico.”
He continues: “I see you now playing in the ocean for hours, my water babies. Those days, pun intended, were heaven.
“I want to tell you four things I’ve learned from this disease and I hope you won’t just listen to me, I hope you’ll hear me.
“First, live now. Right now, in the present. It’s hard but I learned to do that. For years I would wander off mentally, lost in my head for long chunks of time, wallowing in worry and self-pity, shame and doubt.
“I replayed decisions, second-guessed myself. ‘I shouldn’t have done this. I never should’ve done that.’ No more.”
He also encouraged Georgia and Billie to ‘fall in love’. Dane explains: “Not necessarily with a person, although I do recommend that as well. But fall in love with something. Find your passion, your joy. Find the thing that makes you wanna get up in the morning.”
As a third lesson, he stressed the importance of being selective about who they keep close.
“Find your people and allow them to find you, and then give yourselves to them,” the Euphoria star shares. “The best of them will give back to you. No judgement. No conditions. No questions asked.”
Finally, Dane urged them to keep fighting through hardship and to hold on to hope.
The emotional, hour-long interview is now streaming on Netflix.
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