Eric Dane’s forthcoming memoir reveals how the actor first responded to being diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

The Grey’s Anatomy star died from the neurodegenerative disease in February at age 53. Now, eight months later, the memoir that Dane wrote before his death is being released.

In My Book of Days , Dane recalled a neurologist named Dr. Mark Terrelonge sharing the diagnosis in late 2024 after nine months of searching for answers to issues with his nerves, according to an excerpt obtained by People .

After the appointment with Terrelonge, Dane said that he got in his car and called his estranged wife, Rebecca Gayheart, who is the mother of his two daughters.

“We were married for 14 years, grew apart, filed for divorce, but never got around to signing the papers,” he explained in the memoir.…