Eric Dane, the actor from “Euphoria” and “Gray’s Anatomy”, revealed that he was diagnosed with ALS, the disease of the motor neurons.
Actor Eric Dane Photo: Adevărul (Archive)
Eric Dane has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), he said exclusively for People.
“I was diagnosed with ALS”, he shares. “I am grateful that my loving family is with me as we go through this next chapter. ”
The 52 -year -old actor is married to Rebecca Gayheart, with whom he has two children, Billie Beatrice, 15, and Georgia Geraldine.
“I feel lucky that I can continue to work and I can hardly wait to return next week to the filming set from Euphoria,”
he says. “Please give us privacy and my family during this period. ”
Dane, who plays the role of the Jacobs family patriarch in Euphoria, is about to start season 3 of the HBO success series on April 14.
SLA, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a rare degenerative disease that causes the progressive paralysis of the muscles. Patients first have spasms or weakness in a member, often followed by speech difficulties.
According to the Mayo clinic, because the disease affects the nerve cells in the brain and the spine that control the muscle movement, patients slowly lose their ability to speak, eat, walk and breathe independently.
There is no cure for SLA, and people usually live between three and five years after diagnosis, according to the Association of Muscle Distrophy. However, some patients can live for decades.
Apart from Dane, other notable stars who have been diagnosed with SLA are Aaron Lazar, John Driskell Hopkins, Eric Stevens, Joe Bonsall, Roberta Flack, Kenneth Mitchell and Stephen Hawking.
