GoFundMe for actor Eric Dane’s family raises nearly $350,000 after his death

GoFundMe for actor Eric Dane’s family raises nearly $350,000 after his death Grey’s Anatomy and Euphoria actor died on Thursday less than a year after he publicly revealed ALS diagnosis A GoFundMe campaign meant to provide financial support for the widow and daughters of Eric Dane after the actor’s recent death had raised nearly $350,000 as of Monday. The fundraising platform over the weekend had temporarily paused the “In Honor of Eric Dane” campaign while it underwent a standard review. But by Monday, GoFundMe said it had verified the effort and listed the Grey’s Anatomy star’s family as the beneficiary. How increasingly common fundraisers like the one benefiting Dane’s wife – fellow actor Rebecca Gayheart – as well as their teenage daughters, Billie and Georgia, are becoming has generated significant discussion within the US. The US healthcare system has long faced criticism – and many Americans believe it is in crisis – because it is dominated by private insurance giants, resulting in high costs that patients and their families struggle to manage even with lucrative careers. Notably, before his death from cancer at age 48 on 10 February, actor James Van Der Beek had been open about his and his family’s struggle to cope with the high expenses of the oncological treatment he had undergone. A GoFundMe established to support his widow and children then raised more than $1m within hours of its launch, drawing in support from Hollywood figures such as Zoe Saldaña and Steven Spielberg. The Euphoria creator Sam Levinson was among about 3,500 donors to the Dane family’s GoFundMe as of Monday, contributing $27,000 to the campaign. Viewers of Euphoria saw Dane, who died aged 53, on the show’s first two seasons before he died on Thursday from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the degenerative neuromuscular disease known as ALS. He is appearing in its third season , having filmed it in a wheelchair because of his health. Dane died less than a year after he publicly revealed he ...