Eric Dane suffered ALS-related fall that left him hospitalized

Eric Dane was set for a big return to the spotlight at the 2025 Emmys, joining his Grey’s Anatomy castmates for a 20th-anniversary reunion—until “McSteamy” was suddenly missing from the stage. The reason, it turns out, was the same “nasty disease” he’s 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’d been “really looking forward to.”

For years, Dane charmed viewers as Dr. Mark Sloan on Grey’s 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’s. “I have been diagnosed with ALS,” he told People, thanking his wife Rebecca Gayheart and their daughters, Billie and Georgia. “I am grateful to have my loving family by my side as we navigate this next…I kindly ask that you give my family and I privacy during this time