About Mark Sloan
Mark Everett Sloan (1968-2012) was originally known for being the man-whore who wrecked Addison and Derek's marriage. However, he moved to Seattle and finally managed to win Derek back as a friend and started making other friends. He even decided to become a better person and change his ways. He and Lexie Grey had an on and off relationship; even when they were not dating, he was very much in love with her. However, Mark and Lexie, along with some of the other doctors, were in a plane crash. Lexie died not long after the crash of her injuries. Mark was rescued from the woods, but spent two months trying to recover before ultimately falling into a coma. After 30 days in the coma, his life support was removed and he died.
Trivia
- To French viewers, Mark is known as Dr. Glamour, not McSteamy, to German viewers he is known as McSexy, and to Swedish viewers he is known as Dr. Hot.
- His character name, Mark Sloan, was in honor of the character, Dr. Mark Sloan, that Dick van Dyke played on "Diagnosis: Murder".
- He had Chicken Pox when he was six.
- Mark was "double-board certified" in ENT and plastics.
- Mark was the interim chief of surgery during Support System.
- He put Derek's frog in the microwave when he was ten, but never turned it on.
- The female employees of SGMW complained about how Mark was always flirting and some people referred to him as a "man whore".
- He started to learn Spanish so that Sofia could grow up knowing her heritage and culture.
- He was on his high school football team.
-taken from Grey's Anatomy Wiki