{"id":6487,"date":"2026-06-23T12:34:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T12:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/rebecca-gayheart-marks-first-fathers-day-since-eric-danes-death-with-emotional-post\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T12:34:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T12:34:35","slug":"rebecca-gayheart-marks-first-fathers-day-since-eric-danes-death-with-emotional-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/rebecca-gayheart-marks-first-fathers-day-since-eric-danes-death-with-emotional-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebecca Gayheart marks first Father&#8217;s Day since Eric Dane&#8217;s death with emotional post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F131926148.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/19\/photos\/eric-danes-life-in-photos\/\">Eric Dane<\/a>\u2018s widow, Rebecca Gayheart, marked the first <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/21\/photos\/fathers-day-2026-david-beckham-kelly-osbourne-and-more-stars-celebrate\/\">Father\u2019s Day<\/a> since the actor died with an emotional post about <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/celebrity-news\/eric-dane-kids\/\">their two daughters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hurt for my girls today,\u201d she wrote on her Instagram Stories above the photos of the \u201cEuphoria\u201d star with their daughters, Billie, 16, and Georgia, 14.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a \u2018first\u2019 of many to come. I know Eric is looking out for them every day. \u2764\ufe0f\u200d\ud83e\ude79,\u201d the \u201cJawbreaker\u201d actress, 54, added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">rebeccagayheartdane\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">rebeccagayheartdane\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Billie also honored her late father on social media, sharing throwback photos of them when she was younger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHappy fathers dad dada, not one date goes by where I don\u2019t miss you,\u201d the teen wrote. \u201cI love you so much more than words could ever describe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dane <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/19\/celebrity-news\/eric-dane-dead-at-53-after-als-battle\/\">passed away<\/a> on Feb. 19, less than one year after he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/04\/10\/celebrity-news\/greys-anatomy-alum-eric-dane-announces-als-diagnosis\/\">announced his Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) diagnosis<\/a>. He was 53.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cGrey\u2019s Anatomy\u201d actor\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/02\/celebrity-news\/eric-danes-cause-of-death-revealed\/\">died of respiratory failure<\/a>, per his death certificate\u00a0obtained by People in March.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">rebeccagayheartdane\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">rebeccagayheartdane\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Additionally, his underlying cause of death was a result of ALS, a progressive nervous system disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis\/symptoms-causes\/syc-20354022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">per Mayo Clinic<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Dane and Gayheart tied the knot in a surprise ceremony in Las Vegas in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>They welcomed daughters Billie and Georgia in 2010 and 2011, respectively. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">ShotbyNYP \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The \u201cScream 2\u201d actress filed for divorce from Dane in February 2018 after 14 years of marriage, but\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/19\/celebrity-news\/why-eric-danes-wife-rebecca-gayheart-withdrew-divorce-filing-after-actors-als-diagnosis\/\">withdrew the petition<\/a>\u00a0last November due to the actor\u2019s health issues.<\/p>\n<p>After the death of the \u201cBad Boys: Ride or Die\u201d star, Gayheart <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/22\/celebrity-news\/rebecca-gayheart-speaks-out-after-husband-eric-danes-death\/\">broke her silence<\/a>, thanking everyone for supporting her and her kids through this \u201cdifficult\u201d time.<\/p>\n<p>Four months after Dane\u2019s passing, his youngest daughter, Georgia, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/06\/celebrity-news\/eric-danes-daughter-graduates-middle-school-after-his-death\/\">graduated from middle school<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">rebeccagayheartdane\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Rebecca Gayheart\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations Georgia !!! You have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/15\/celebrity-news\/celebrity-kids-who-graduated-in-2026-kate-hudson-reese-witherspoon-and-more\/\">graduated middle school\u00a0<\/a>and survived an incredibly difficult year,\u201d the actress\u00a0wrote on Instagram\u00a0in June.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am so beyond proud of you \u2014 your tenacity, grit and grace has been on full display,\u201d Gayheart continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWelcome to high school\u2014 I have no doubt you\u2019re ready . I am so excited for you ! Not pictured is your MVP trophy for beach volleyball. Bravo , congratulations and I love you so much \u2665\ufe0f\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/23\/celebrity-news\/rebecca-gayheart-marks-first-fathers-day-since-eric-danes-death-with-emotional-post\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eric Dane\u2018s widow, Rebecca Gayheart, marked the first Father\u2019s Day since the actor died with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/131926148.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}