Eric Dane memoir details daughter saving him from drowning amid ALS battle

Actor Eric Dane recounted how his daughter saved him from drowning during his battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, AOL.com, Page Six, TMZ, and OK Magazine reported. The account appears in his posthumous memoir, My Book of Days: A Memoir of Moments, which is scheduled for release on November 3, 2026. [1][3][4][5]

AOL.com reported that Eric Dane was diagnosed with the neurodegenerative disease in 2024. The diagnosis came after he noticed a rapid deterioration in his fine motor skills, which affected his ability to swim and led to the near drowning incident. [1]

Following the rescue, Eric Dane called his estranged wife, Rebecca Gayheart, AOL.com and Entertainment Weekly reported. Gayheart began her career as a model in the 1980s before working as an actress, and the two cried together during the phone call as he shared the news of his diagnosis. [1][2][8]

The upcoming book also addresses other major moments in the late actor's life and career, including the reasons behind his departure from the television series Grey's Anatomy, according to Mathrubhumi English. [6]