Patrick Dempsey comes close to tears as he reflects on loss of Eric Dane

Patrick Dempsey became visibly moved while discussing his late friend and Grey's Anatomy co-star Eric Dane.The 60-year-old star opened up about the 'very hard' mourning period he's been experiencing in a new interview with News Talk FM, agreeing with the journalist's words that losing a loved one is 'awful, stark and life-altering.'Dempsey noted that he was 'very young' - just 17 years old - when his father William died, and his mother Amanda also passed away in March 2014 from ovarian cancer.