Eric Dane imparted some wisdom to his daughters in his final days.
Before his death at the age of 53 following his battle with ALS, the Grey’s Anatomy alum recorded a message for his and Rebecca Gayheart’s daughters Billie, 15, and Georgia, 14.
“Billie and Georgia, these words are for you: I tried. I stumbled sometimes, but I tried,” Eric said while fighting back tears in Netflix’s Famous Last Words, which premiered Feb. 20. “Overall, we had a blast, didn’t we?”
The Euphoria actor reflected on family trips to the beach with his daughters, days he called “heaven,” before sharing the “four things I’ve learned from this disease.”
“I hope you won’t just listen to me, I hope you’ll hear me,” he continued. “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.”
