Question: does george's father die in grey's anatomy

title: George O'Malley
text: During a camping trip , O'Malley learns that Torres has slept with chief of plastic surgery Mark Sloan ( Eric Dane ) , and also discovers that Burke is experiencing tremors in his hand . When O'Malley's father is diagnosed with esophageal cancer and a leaking aortic valve , he refuses to allow Burke to operate on him , instead contacting Erica Hahn ( Brooke Smith ) , Burke 's medical school rival . His relationship with Torres is strained when he confronts her about sleeping with Sloan , but he allows her to support him through his father 's deteriorating health . Complications from his father 's surgery leave him in multi-system organ failure , and his life support is turned off . In an attempt to overcome his grief , O'Malley elopes with Callie to Las Vegas . He later begins to feel that he was mistaken to marry her , and sleeps with Stevens while intoxicated . Stevens confesses that she is in love with him , so O'Malley considers transferring to a different hospital so he can be faithful to his wife . However , he is ineligible to transfer after failing the intern exams . O'Malley decides to repeat his intern year , and confesses to Torres that he slept with Stevens , leading the two to separate . O'Malley and Stevens embark on a short - lived relationship , only to discover there is no real chemistry between them . 

Answer: answer: Yes. George's father was diagnosed with esophageal cancer and a leaking aortic valve. Complications from his father's surgery leave him in multi-system organ failure, and his life support is turned off.