EXCLUSIVE: Eric Dane Will Bombshell — Actor's Formerly Estranged Wife Rebecca Gayheart Set to Inherit His Entire $7 Million Showbiz Fortune
The legal detail that may decide it all.
Eric Dane’s death at 53 didn’t just close the curtain on a Hollywood career – it left behind a $7 million estate set to pass to his once-estranged wife, Rebecca Gayheart, because their divorce was never finalized.
Dane, who rose to fame as Dr. Mark Sloan in Grey’s Anatomy, died on Thursday, February 19, 10 months after publicly revealing he had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis – ALS – also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
He and Gayheart, 54, married in 2004, separated in 2017 and saw her file for divorce in February 2018.
But the case never reached judgment and was formally dismissed in March 2025, restoring their full legal status as husband and wife.