{"id":42342,"date":"2026-08-02T07:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T11:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=42342"},"modified":"2026-08-01T14:32:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T18:32:52","slug":"famous-last-words-eric-dane-2025-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=42342","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Famous Last Words: Eric Dane&#8221; (2025) \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2026\/z080226zview_ericdane.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Famous Last Words: Eric Dane\u00a0 <\/i>(2025)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Director:\u00a0 <strong>Ivan Dudynsky<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars:\u00a0 <strong>Eric Dane, Brad Falchuk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: None.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Plot&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Eric Dane knew he was dying.\u00a0 In April 2025, he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) also known as Lou Gehrig&#8217;s disease. Since the diagnosis, Dane&#8217;s health rapidly declined.\u00a0 Three months before his death, Dane sat with Brad Falchuk for a final interview.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The interview took place in a closed studio room.\u00a0 Camera operators were outside the set and couldn&#8217;t hear what was being said.\u00a0 Falchuk guided the conversation which touched on topics such as living in the present; choosing friends wisely, finding your passion\/joy and dealing with hardships with grace.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Then Falchuk left the room.\u00a0 Dane was given the time to speak his final last words.\u00a0 Dane&#8217;s last message would not be heard by anyone until after his death and the interview aired.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The interview was filmed secretly in November 2025.\u00a0 Dane died on February 19, 2026.\u00a0 The interview premiered the next day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I was an Eric Dane fan thanks to the series <em>The Last Ship<\/em>.\u00a0 I became a bigger fan after watching this interview.\u00a0 He approached his end with positivity, dignity and self-reflection.\u00a0 His final message was to his fans and daughters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: initial;\"><strong><i>Famous Last Words: Eric Dane\u00a0 <\/i>(2025)<\/strong> rates 5 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_a.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2026\/z080226zview_ericdane2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"502\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Famous Last Words: Eric Dane\u00a0 (2025) Director:\u00a0 Ivan Dudynsky Stars:\u00a0 Eric Dane, Brad Falchuk Tagline: None. 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