Anonymous
02/20/2026 12:33
Subject: Eric Dane, dead at 53
Anonymous wrote:Is it possible he took his life earlier? Usually life expectancy is 3-4 years from diagnosis.
Please stop.
Anonymous
02/20/2026 12:26
Subject: Eric Dane, dead at 53
He got hotter with age - I loved him with the silver/white hair.
Anonymous
02/20/2026 12:00
Subject: Eric Dane, dead at 53
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Is it possible he took his life earlier? Usually life expectancy is 3-4 years from diagnosis.
You are disgusting. Tragedy Vulture, ghoul.
Stfu. Don’t even speak to me on this. I’m the OP of this thread. I had no idea one could pass so quickly from ALS. I had a family member pass from ALS and it was 4-5 years after her diagnosis. It is a horrific disease and honestly I might contemplate it if I had it.
I would suspect he passed naturally, and was perhaps on hospice. But motor neuron disease is a common reason in Europe for people availing themselves of Dignitas.
RIP Erik. Nobody deserves that wretched disease.
NP here. I just watched some of the Netflix interview that he did under the conditions that it only be released until after he passed. My MIL died from ALS 1 year after her initial diagnosis (but 3 yrs after first symptom) and he sounds almost exactly like her the last time I saw her.
You lose the ability to swallow and eat. I suspect he was on a feeding tube. Life is miserable at this point. My MIL decided to enter hospice which for her meant the feeding tube was discontinued and you slowly die from dehydration and no food. This is the common protocol for ALS hospice and likely what he did which is not the same as assisted termination legal in some states.
Whatever happened it doesn’t matter and isn’t our business.
Yes, not our business- I agree with you. I am so sorry for the loss of your MIL.
Anonymous
02/20/2026 11:42
Subject: Eric Dane, dead at 53
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Is it possible he took his life earlier? Usually life expectancy is 3-4 years from diagnosis.
You are disgusting. Tragedy Vulture, ghoul.
Stfu. Don’t even speak to me on this. I’m the OP of this thread. I had no idea one could pass so quickly from ALS. I had a family member pass from ALS and it was 4-5 years after her diagnosis. It is a horrific disease and honestly I might contemplate it if I had it.
I would suspect he passed naturally, and was perhaps on hospice. But motor neuron disease is a common reason in Europe for people availing themselves of Dignitas.
RIP Erik. Nobody deserves that wretched disease.
NP here. I just watched some of the Netflix interview that he did under the conditions that it only be released until after he passed. My MIL died from ALS 1 year after her initial diagnosis (but 3 yrs after first symptom) and he sounds almost exactly like her the last time I saw her.
You lose the ability to swallow and eat. I suspect he was on a feeding tube. Life is miserable at this point. My MIL decided to enter hospice which for her meant the feeding tube was discontinued and you slowly die from dehydration and no food. This is the common protocol for ALS hospice and likely what he did which is not the same as assisted termination legal in some states.
Whatever happened it doesn’t matter and isn’t our business.
Anonymous
02/20/2026 11:19
Subject: Eric Dane, dead at 53
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Is it possible he took his life earlier? Usually life expectancy is 3-4 years from diagnosis.
You are disgusting. Tragedy Vulture, ghoul.
Stfu. Don’t even speak to me on this. I’m the OP of this thread. I had no idea one could pass so quickly from ALS. I had a family member pass from ALS and it was 4-5 years after her diagnosis. It is a horrific disease and honestly I might contemplate it if I had it.
I would suspect he passed naturally, and was perhaps on hospice. But motor neuron disease is a common reason in Europe for people availing themselves of Dignitas.
RIP Erik. Nobody deserves that wretched disease.
Anonymous
02/20/2026 11:10
Subject: Eric Dane, dead at 53
I loved him in Charmed and one of those X-Men movies. RIP.
Anonymous
02/20/2026 09:32
Subject: Eric Dane, dead at 53
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Is it possible he took his life earlier? Usually life expectancy is 3-4 years from diagnosis.
It's possible he didn't go public with his diagnosis when it first happened.
That's what I was thinking. Or he may have blown off some symptoms and it was brewing for a while.
Anonymous
02/20/2026 09:08
Subject: Eric Dane, dead at 53
Wow ,RIP. So sad. I pray for a cure for this horrible disease. My father died of Huntingtons, which is similar but genetic. He lived 7 years after diagnosis in his mid-70s which was fortunate, but he had a mild case. Still, it stole his ability to walk, communicate and made it difficult to swallow so eating and drinking enough without aspirating was a daily challenge.
Anonymous
02/20/2026 09:08
Subject: Eric Dane, dead at 53
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Is it possible he took his life earlier? Usually life expectancy is 3-4 years from diagnosis.
It's possible he didn't go public with his diagnosis when it first happened.
He disclosed in interviews that he had symptoms for a year and a half before he was diagnosed too.
Anonymous
02/20/2026 09:07
Subject: Eric Dane, dead at 53
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Is it possible he took his life earlier? Usually life expectancy is 3-4 years from diagnosis.
That was my first thought as well.
And to the poster offended by this, it’s a very reasonable conclusion (as a guess) given we saw him functional not too long ago.
You can tell both his voice and breathing were already being affected a while ago. He could still walk, but eating, swallowing and breathing are critical so it wasn't a good sign that core functions were showing an impact.
ALS can progress in different patterns with some keeping strong breathing and swallowing while losing the ability to walk or use their hands, while others are impacted in core functions but can still have some limb function.
Anonymous
02/20/2026 09:04
Subject: Eric Dane, dead at 53
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Is it possible he took his life earlier? Usually life expectancy is 3-4 years from diagnosis.
It's possible he didn't go public with his diagnosis when it first happened.
True.
Anonymous
02/20/2026 09:02
Subject: Eric Dane, dead at 53
Anonymous wrote:fAnonymous wrote:Ugh. We’ve now lost James Van der Beek, Robert Duvall, and Eric Dane all within a freaking week.
Robert Duvall lived a long life. The loss of James and Eric to terrible chronic diseases is really sad.
All of them are sad to me.
Anonymous
02/20/2026 08:58
Subject: Eric Dane, dead at 53
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Is it possible he took his life earlier? Usually life expectancy is 3-4 years from diagnosis.
You are disgusting. Tragedy Vulture, ghoul.
Stfu. Don’t even speak to me on this. I’m the OP of this thread. I had no idea one could pass so quickly from ALS. I had a family member pass from ALS and it was 4-5 years after her diagnosis. It is a horrific disease and honestly I might contemplate it if I had it.
Anonymous
02/20/2026 08:46
Subject: Eric Dane, dead at 53
At least he went quickly. It's a terrible disease.
Anonymous
02/20/2026 08:45
Subject: Eric Dane, dead at 53
Anonymous wrote:fAnonymous wrote:Ugh. We’ve now lost James Van der Beek, Robert Duvall, and Eric Dane all within a freaking week.
Robert Duvall lived a long life. The loss of James and Eric to terrible chronic diseases is really sad.
They were like peak X-ennial heartthrobs. Feel so old right now