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The Sinise family is mourning a tragic loss.
Gary SiniseThe son McCanna “Mac” Sinise died at age 33 on Jan. 5, more than five years after being diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer called chordoma, Forrest Gump The actor shared on February 27.
“Like any family who experiences a loss like this, we are heartbroken and have handled it the best we could,” he wrote in a Statement of February 27 about him Gary Sinise Foundation website. “As parents, it is very difficult to lose a child. My heart goes out to everyone who has suffered a similar loss and to anyone who has lost a loved one.”
And while Gary and his wife Moira Harris—who also share daughters Ella Sinise32, and Sophie Sinise35, called his death “heartbreaking,” the couple also expressed gratitude that their son will no longer have to suffer.
“Our family’s fight against cancer lasted five and a half years and became increasingly more difficult as time went on,” their statement continued. “While our hearts ache for missing him, we are comforted knowing that Mac is no longer in trouble and we are inspired and touched by how he did it.”