Eric Dane detailed the early signs of his ALS diagnosis in his memoir, My Book of Days: A Memoir in Moments, to be released nearly nine months after his death. “I’m eating sushi with my kids and suddenly I can’t work the chopsticks with my right hand. My hand tingles, and then my fingers feel numb,” Dane wrote of his symptoms first showing up on January 7, 2024, per a book excerpt published by People on Sunday, October 18. “Some kind of weird nerve thing, I think. I shake it off. I’m probably texting too much. Three weeks later, it happens again, only worse. I can’t grip the chopsticks at all....
Eric Dane Recalls 1st ALS Symptoms in Posthumous Memoir Excerpt
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Oct 18, 2026 • 1 hour ago
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