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Updated Wednesday, February 28, 2024-12:10

McCanna Sinise

, the son of the well-known actor

Gary Sinise

, died on January 5 due to chordoma, a very rare bone cancer.

His father, known for playing Lieutenant Dan Taylor in

Forrest Gump

or for being the protagonist of

CSI:NY

, has confirmed Mac's death in a comprehensive message published by the

Gary Sinise Foundation

, dedicated to helping military veterans in the US. .

"Thank you, Mac. You did it.

'Resurrection & Revival'

and you will live in our hearts forever. We were blessed to have you in our lives as a son, brother and friend and we will miss you and love you for all eternity. Sharing our story, we hope to shine a little light on what has been a difficult time for us, Mac was truly a light for all of us," the actor wrote.

"Our family's fight against cancer

lasted five and a half years and became more and more

difficult

as time went on," Sinise explained, referring to her son's 2018 diagnosis, just two months after the discovery of breast cancer

. He sucks Mac's mother.

"Although our hearts hurt for missing him, it comforts us to know that Mac no longer has problems and

we are inspired and moved

by how he did it," he continued.

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Unlike his mother, Mac has not been able to overcome the illness.

"He fought an uphill battle against a

cancer that has no cure

, but he never stopped trying. Mac loved

movies

and we always told him that he reminded us of the soldier at the end of the extraordinary movie

1917:

On the Battlefield, the "bombs explode around him, knocking him down one after another, but he keeps getting up, refusing to give up and keeps running forward," he said in his message.

The deceased was a great music lover and played the drums.

With great effort he managed to produce his own album,

'Mac Sinise: Resurrection and Revival'

.

"Mac was truly a light to us all. He was an incredible inspiration to those who knew and loved him. He faced his battle with grace, courage and love. Even with setback after setback, he never stopped living, learning, creating, giving and loving ", ends his father's publication.

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Chordoma is "a slow-growing cancer found in the tissue inside the spine. It most often occurs near the tailbone (called a sacral tumor) or at the junction of the spine and the skull (called a sacral tumor). clivus). Chordoma is also called

notochordal sarcoma

," explains the National Cancer Institute in the US about Mac's disease.