Patrick Dempsey prepares to start the Survivor Walk with his mother, Amanda, right, and Laura Davis, winner of the Amgen Breakaway from Cancer Award, in Lewiston during the Dempsey Challenge in 2011. Amanda Dempsey died from the disease in March 2014.
Patrick Dempsey waves a fans cheering along Elm Street in Mechanic Falls during the Dempsey Challenge in October 2011.
Patrick Dempsey visits with volunteer Jolan Ippolito of Rumford at the first rest stop of the Dempsey Challenge in October, 2010.
Buckfield native and actor Patrick Dempsey talks to the crowd before the start of the Dempsey Challenge in Lewiston on October 4, 2009.
Patrick Dempsey in March 2008 at the announcement that he would have an section of the Central Maine Medical Center named after him for his active participation and monetary contribution to their cancer program.
Patrick Dempsey reacts on the podium after taking second place with his Porsche 911 RSR in the LM GTE Am category during the Le Mans 24-hour sportscar race in France June 14, 2015.
Patrick Dempsey celebrates with champagne on podium after taking second place with his Porsche 911 RSR in the LM GTE Am category during the Le Mans 24-hour sportscar race in Le Mans, central France June 14, 2015.
Cast members in the ABC show "Grey's Anatomy" from lefT: James Pickens Jr., Kate Walsh, Patrick Dempsey and Ellen Pompeo, participate in a panel discussion at the Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, California in January 2006.
Cast member Patrick Dempsey arrives with his wife Jill Fink for the premiere of Transformers: Dark of The Moon in Times Square in New York June 28, 2011.
Patrick Dempsey signs autographs before the start of the 10K, 5K and walking challenges during The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015 in Lewiston.
Patrick Dempsey takes a selfie on the track before the 99th running of the Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis in May, 2015.
Jean Maginnis, executive director of the Maine Center for Creativity, with honorees Patrick Dempsey and Dr. Edison Liu, representing The Jackson Laboratory, at the Maine Creative Industries Award Gala in November 2014.
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