ALBAWABA - Beloved actor Eric Dane dies after courageous ALS battle. Eric Dane, who played the charming plastic surgeon with the nickname "McSteamy" on the hit ABC medical program "Grey's Anatomy," has died. He was 53 years old. Melissa Bank, who worked as his publicist, revealed that he had died. He had been treated for ALS, a neurological disease also known as Lou Gehrig's disease that makes it hard for ...