Rebecca Gayheart and the late Eric Dane’s 14-year-old daughter, Georgia, completed her middle school career just four months after the Grey’s Anatomy alum’s tragic death.
“Congratulations Georgia!!! You have graduated middle school and survived an incredibly difficult year,” Gayheart, 54, wrote via Instagram on Saturday, June 6, sharing photos from the milestone ceremony. “I am so beyond proud of you — your tenacity, grit and grace has been on full display.”
She continued, “Welcome to high school — I have no doubt you’re ready. I am so excited for you! Not pictured is your MVP trophy for beach volleyball. Bravo, congratulations and I love you so much ♥️.”
Dane’s former Grey’s Anatomy costar Ellen Pompeo shared her well wishes for Georgia in the comments section.
“Congratulations Georgia!!! Well Done,” Pompeo, 56, wrote via Instagram comment. “Your mama’s words are perfect!!!”
In addition to Georgia, Gayheart and Dane shared 16-year-old daughter Billie. The Euphoria actor died in February after a battle with ALS. He was 53.
“I think they would lead with I’m a reactive person. ‘My dad was a reactive person,’ [which is] not necessarily a negative connotation,” Dane said in a posthumous Famous Last Words interview, predicting what would be said during his kids’ eulogy. “Some of their core memories involve me reacting to something. … I think that they would say I was pretty tough [and] resilient.”
He continued at the time, “They would say I was loving and I was really endearing and compassionate and empathetic and trustworthy. I’m a good dad. We did some really great traveling. We went to Europe one year, and there was a time where we were ripping through the French countryside with the kids in the back of this crazy little car we rented.”
According to Dane, he was hopeful that Billie and Georgia always remembered his tireless support.
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“I think showing up is the No. 1 quality,” the actor said in the interview, which premiered hours after his death. “I haven’t been perfect with that, but I’ve always been there when it mattered. Well, their mother and I are no longer together. We’re still best friends, but we’re not together.”
Dane and Gayheart were married from 2004 to 2018 before the Jawbreakers actress filed for divorce. She ultimately withdrew her petition in 2025 after Dane was diagnosed with ALS.
“Just by virtue of the distance and us living in separate homes, there’s a lot of time lost there,” Dane added in Famous Last Words. “I made sure that I can be there as much as possible — and certainly when it counts. I’ve shown up to all of Billie’s ballet recitals. I’ve been to many Nutcrackers, and I’ll tell you, there’s a couple pieces in there that are beautiful but Jesus, that thing drones on, man. It’s three hours, but I’ve been to all of them.”
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