Gary Sinise’s son, McCanna ‘Mac’ Sinise has died. He was 33.
In a message shared on the Gary Sinise Foundation website, the CSI: NY star revealed that his son, affectionately known as Mac, died on Jan. 5, 2024, following a 5 1/2 year battle with a rare form of cancer called, Chordoma.
“Like any family experiencing such a loss, we are heartbroken and have been managing as best we can. As parents, it is so difficult losing a child. My heart goes out to all who have suffered a similar loss, and to anyone who has lost a loved one,” Sinise wrote. “We’ve all experienced it in some way. Over the years I have met so many families of our fallen heroes. It’s heartbreaking, and it’s just damn hard. Our family’s cancer fight lasted for 5 ½ years, and it became more and more challenging as time went on. While our hearts ache at missing him, we are comforted in knowing that Mac is no longer struggling, and inspired and moved by how he managed it.”
The message continued, “He fought an uphill battle against a cancer that has no cure, but he never quit trying. Mac loved movies, and we always told him he reminded us of the soldier at the end of the extraordinary film 1917, running through the battlefield, bombs going off all around him, knocking him down one after the other, yet he keeps getting back up, refusing to quit and keeps running forward.”
The Forrest Gump star revealed that Mac was diagnosed with the cancer in 2018 — the same year his wife, Moira, was diagnosed with breast cancer. While, Moira recovered, the rare form of cancer forced Mac to have five spinal surgeries, and ultimately rendered him paralyzed from the chest down.
Sinise revealed that Mac — who loved music and played the drums — completed a full album before his death. In the year before he died, Mac taught himself how to play the harmonica and teamed up with a friend from school to complete his album, Mac Sinise: Resurrection and Revival.
Mac was survived by his father, mother and two sisters.
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