Eric Dane and Rebecca Gayheart had been candid about their relationship ups and downs over the years before his death.
The pair tied the knot in Las Vegas in 2004 and welcomed their first child, daughter Billie, in March 2010. Billie became a big sister the following year when the pair’s second daughter, Georgia, was born.
The twosome kept their children relatively far from the spotlight over the years before Gayheart filed for divorce in February 2018. Later that year, the actress opened up about adjusting to coparenting with Dane.
“We’re doing our best. It isn’t easy,” Gayheart exclusively told Us Weekly in October 2018.
In March 2025, news broke that the exes planned to call off their divorce. According to docs obtained by TMZ at the time, Gayheart filed a petition for the dismissal of their divorce, which had never been finalized in the years since their split.
Gayheart continued to support Dane amid his ALS battle until his death at age 53 in February 2026.
Scroll down for a look back at the estranged couple’s relationship:
