{"id":3830,"date":"2024-02-29T14:36:07","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T14:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/foreverinourhearts\/?p=3830"},"modified":"2024-02-29T14:36:07","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T14:36:07","slug":"actor-gary-sinises-son-mccanna-dies-after-battle-with-rare-form-of-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/foreverinourhearts\/2024\/02\/actor-gary-sinises-son-mccanna-dies-after-battle-with-rare-form-of-cancer.html","title":{"rendered":"Actor Gary Sinise’s Son McCanna Dies After Battle With Rare Form of Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gary Sinise\u2019s son, McCanna \u201cMac\u201d Sinise, has died from a rare form of cancer at 33 years old. The Gary Sinise Foundation shared the news of his death on Instagram with the caption, \u201cIn Honor & Memory of McCanna \u2018Mac\u2019 Sinise 1990-2024.\u201d In a statement, the foundation said that on August 8, 2018, Mac was diagnosed with a very rare cancer called chordoma. The foundation said chordoma is a cancer that originates in the spine and only affects an average of 300 people in the U.S. per year.<\/p>\n

In a lengthy tribute to Mac that Sinise shared on his website, the 68-year-old actor shared that Mac died on January 5, 2024, at 3:25 p.m. and was laid to rest on January 2. Sinise wrote, \u201cLike 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.\u201d He continued, \u201cMy heart goes out to all who have suffered a similar loss and to anyone who has lost a loved one. We\u2019ve all experienced it in some way. Over the years, I have met so many families of our fallen heroes. It\u2019s heartbreaking, and it\u2019s just damn hard.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sinise added, \u201cOur family\u2019s\u00a0cancer fight\u00a0lasted for 5 \u00bd 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. 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 \u20181917,\u2019 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. I am so blessed, fortunate, and proud to be his dad.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his post, Sinise explained that the summer of 2018 was a \u201cparticularly challenging time\u201d for his family. The \u201cForrest Gump\u201d star said his wife, Moira, was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in June of that year. She underwent surgery to remove lymph nodes and began chemotherapy and radiation treatment. Two months later, Mac was diagnosed with chordoma. Sinise said he was bewildered at the time since he had never heard of the\u00a0very rare cancer. Moira went into remission after receiving treatment for months and has since remained cancer-free. In September 2018, Mac underwent surgery to remove the initial tumor, but his cancer returned by May 2019 and was spreading.<\/p>\n

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