00:00I will say he never once had a headache for all the years we were married or dated
00:08and a few months before he started complaining with his hand he started getting headaches
00:18and I was like Eric you never get headaches you've never taken an Advil
00:21what are you talking about a headache you don't have a headache and he was like well maybe I
00:25slipped on my neck funny Rebecca Gayhart was concerned about her estranged husband Eric
00:30Dane's headaches ahead of his ALS diagnosis the actress told Drew Barrymore on personal space
00:36that this symptom was the first she noticed the former model explained that he started
00:40complaining about some a few months before his hand weakness Gayhart noted that continued that
00:45was a part of it so there were definitely signs but nothing so major that you would really stop
00:50and pay attention to it Gayhart also spoke to today.com detailing her late husband's brutal
00:55decline in the final week before his tragic death she noted that by that point in Dane's battle
01:00with ALS he had gone to the hospital so many times before and they would patch him up so to
01:05speak
01:06and he would come home however Gayhart along with her and Dane's two daughters Billy 16 and Georgia 14
01:12knew something was wrong by Dane's third day in the hospital she recalled everything shifted just the
01:19tone of when the doctors were talking to us and some of the information we were given Gayhart told the
01:24outlet that the Grey's Anatomy star also became aware of the severity of the situation ultimately
01:29Dane had the final say in how his health journey was going to end to comfort the euphoria actor in
01:34his final days Gayhart and their daughters had family sleepovers in Dane's hospital room he passed
01:39away on February 19th less than one year after he announced his diagnosis with ALS he was 53 in Dane's
01:46posthumous book my book of days a memoir in moments the late star revealed his first sign of ALS was
01:53when
01:53he suddenly began struggling to use chopsticks at dinner with his family he also shared with readers
01:58that Gayhart was the first person he told of his heartbreaking diagnosis after breaking the news to his
02:03estranged wife she told him I'm here we'll fight this together I'm not going anywhere Gayhart filed for
02:09divorce from Dane in February 2018 after 14 years of marriage but withdrew the petition last November
02:15due to the actor's health issues
