Another of Eric Dane’s former girlfriends has paid tribute to the actor, donating cash to a GoFundMe for his daughters.
Actress Priya Jain, 28, who was reportedly relationship the actor across the time he introduced he was identified with motor neurone illness in April 2025, donated $14,000 to the fund, which was arrange by his pals following his dying on February 19.
It comes days after one other of his former girlfriends, Janell Shirtcliff, left a touching tribute on her Instagram, that includes quite a few photographs of herself with Dane, who died aged 53.
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Shirtcliff’s publish got here as a shock to many followers, who didn’t realise the actor was now not in a romantic relationship along with his spouse Rebecca Gayheart, who he spoke about earlier than he died and was talked about within the assertion asserting his dying.
He and Gayheart married in 2004, and had been mother and father to 2 daughters, Billie, now 15, and Georgia, 13, however separated in 2018.
The actress later filed for divorce however withdrew the petition after his prognosis.
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In the meantime, Jain and Shirtcliff reportedly dated the actor across the similar time.
When the actor and Shirtcliff had been photographed on a crimson carpet in June 2025, two months after he revealed he had been identified with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), as it’s identified within the US, Jain was reportedly blindsided by the outing amid claims she too had been relationship the actor and was not conscious they’d damaged up.
They had been photographed a lot of occasions out and about in LA in early 2025, incuding Could – simply weeks earlier than the crimson carpet look.
On the time, it was reported he had been in an on-again, off-again relationship with Shirtcliff, a photographer and director, for as much as three years previous to their crimson carpet outing.
Neither Jain nor Shirtcliff, a photographer and director, had been talked about within the assertion asserting Dane’s dying at 53.
“With heavy hearts, we share that Eric Dane handed on Thursday afternoon following a brave battle with ALS,” the assertion stated.
“He spent his ultimate days surrounded by pricey pals, his devoted spouse, and his two stunning daughters, Billie and Georgia, who had been the centre of his world.
“All through his journey with ALS, Eric turned a passionate advocate for consciousness and analysis, decided to make a distinction for others going through the identical battle.”
Since his dying, it has been reported Jain and Dane reconnected as pals as he battled the illness that claimed his life.
“Within the months main as much as Eric’s passing, Priya and Eric reconnected their relationship as pals,” a supply advised Us Weekly.
The identical supply stated Jain had been stunned by the pace during which the illness claimed Dane’s life.
“Priya did not assume it will occur this rapidly,” the supply stated.
“She has a whole lot of love for his household, [and] is aware of how arduous that is for his daughters.”
Her donation has helped deliver the full up to now raised to $464,000.
In the meantime, one other of Dane’s former Gray’s Anatomy co-stars Katherine Heigl lastly broke her silence on his dying this week, after saying she had debated making a press release for days.
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“I’ve by no means been comfy grieving publicly. I share my tears, my tales and my recollections with these I am closest to and extra occasions than not I share them solely with the heavens alone,” she wrote on her Fb account.
“However that silence can usually seem like an absence of care, which I couldn’t abide right here.
“Rebecca, Billie, Georgia… There’s so little, if in reality something, one can say a few tragic loss like yours.
“All of the ‘I am sorries’ and ‘my prayers are with you’ ring a bit hole within the midst of a lot ache and grief.
“So I’ll say the one factor that has ever introduced me peace once I’ve misplaced somebody I really like.
“It’s Robert Frost’s poem Nothing Gold Can Keep, of which I’ve tattooed on my physique in my father or mother’s handwriting so I’ll always remember that the second of gold was price it.
“Natures first inexperienced is gold, her hardest hue to carry. Her early leaf’s a flower; however solely so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, so Daybreak goes all the way down to day. Nothing gold can keep.
“I’ll always remember Eric’s gold and I’ll endlessly be grateful I obtained to indulge in it for even a short second in time.
“Thanks for sharing him with us.
“God Pace my previous buddy… this is to your subsequent nice journey.”
It comes as former co-stars together with Kate Walsh and Patrick Demspey paid tribute to the actor, who recorded his ultimate phrases to his daughters in a video message he filmed earlier than his dying.
The virtually five-minute lengthy message launched by Netflix on Saturday ended with the phrases, “Billie and Georgia, you’re my coronary heart. You might be my all the pieces. Good evening. I really like you. These are my final phrases.”
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