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Gary Sinise on grieving his son Mac: ‘The hole in the heart is always there’
Gary Sinise’s son Mac died in 2024 at 33 after a yearslong battle with a rare cancer called chordoma. He shares with Anderson the music his son created in his f…
Gary Sinise’s son Mac died in 2024 at 33 after a yearslong battle with a rare cancer called chordoma. He shares with Anderson the music his son created in his final year and how Mac still feels “very present” in his life.
0:00 How Sinise's wife's cancer treatment led to Mac's diagnosis
7:53 The conversations that Gary wishes he had had with Mac
13:48 During the depths of cancer, Mac rediscovered his love of music
18:08 Mac talks about his connection to music
21:21 Gary explains how his work with veterans helped him process his grief
For more of “All There Is with Anderson Cooper” visit https://cnn.com/allthereis
Gary is a wonderful person and it is so tragic that he lost his son. The way he described grief really hit me as the best description of my own. My condolences to him and his wife. RIP Mac. ❤
I have Mac’s album. It’s wonderful. Thank you both for sharing the heartbreak of loss with us. Grief is such a strange country. There are no road maps in the land of grief, no directions “home”. 5 years into my grief journey, I have found that the depth, width and weight of my grief remains the same. To my surprise, my life that has grown bigger around it. I am ok with that. May everyone find their way in it and discover too that love never dies.
I remember seeing on Broadway "Grapes of Wrath" with Gary Sinise. My mother who was visiting from France (as I was studying at the Juilliard School) was at that performance - we loved it. In 2019, at age 90, she passed way. Then the summer of 2023, one of my brother drowned in Brittany. My sister was so heart-broken that she passed away from a heart attack in 2024. Yes, the pain and the sadness never leave you - you learn to live and cope with the losses and once in a while, grief takes over. Sadly, I don't really feel my siblings around me but take comfort in the love I feel for them.
Having experienced losing my wife in late January of this year and reflecting on it, I am of course overwhelmed with sadness that she’s no longer here with me and missing her so, I’m also filled with a grateful gratitude for having had 40 years of marriage with her and what a full life she has given me and for my two adult children. Thank you for these great series of stories of what others have gone through and how they have survived and their perspectives. I belong to a community cancer bereavement group that meets every Monday, so like you’ve said as humans, we don’t experience this alone.
hi Gary i know exactly how you feel i lost my best friend who is my lovely father 2 years ago and still herts until this day you’re 💯right about time doesn’t heal the pain in the heart! because when you love someone so deeply hurts so deeply! i send you my deepest condolences about your son!! god bless you Gary be strong for your lovely wife!! i don’t know you but i feel your pain!!
My son passed suddenly January 10th 2024. I know what he’s going through along with his entire family. There is no loss , like the loss of your child. It’s not an easy path. But it’s our path. Gary is always so down to earth and such a good human being. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family as they continue on their path. Anderson as always. Thank you so much for all you do in the name of grief. ❤
My dad died of cancer when I was 41/2 and he was 40. He was still working 2 weeks before he died, helping neighbors. A couple days b4 he died they snuck me up to see him in 1959, but I wasn’t sure it was him bc he had lumps all over his neck and face. He tried to sit up and reach for me but I was scared and clung to the person holding me. He started to cry and fell back to his bed. I thought he was in a baby crib and was confused. The memory haunts me and drills into my chest. Especially after my mother told me and my grown son how she made sure that he knew she didn’t love him before he died. Psycho 👿 I lost my husband of 31 years to cancer as well. Held his hand as he took his last breath. He was sure I loved him.
President Trump could score major wins by addressing the following before the U.S. congressional elections in December 2026:
<br>-IRAN: The U.S. should hand over the issues regarding Iran's nuclear program and the Strait of Hormuz to the United Nations for resolution, as these matters concern the entire world, not just the United States.
<br>- Ukraine (securing a ceasefire and a meeting between the Ukrainian and Russian presidents at the G20 summit in India);
<br>- Palestine (defining the borders for a two-state solution);
<br>- Venezuela (ensuring U.S. oil companies operate fairly so the Venezuelan people are pleased, thereby preventing the world from viewing the U.S. as a colonial power);
<br>- Cuba (demonstrating to the Cuban people—who would observe whether the U.S. helps improve Venezuela's economy—that following suit is a viable path).
<br>(The U.S. special envoy for these efforts should be a professional diplomat.)
Absolutely beautiful music from a precious soul. His story is extraordinarily special, and so darn sad. Gary and his family are immensely important story tellers through music. Thank-you for sharing. Anderson you are absolutely amazing
Very touching interview. Mr. Sinise is such a down-to-earth, genuine human and obviously a loving dad. Grief is one of the most authentically human experiences we will all share at some point but I loved his perspective that we can hold onto the blessings and happy memories as much as we hold onto the pain. Thank you for that! <br>.
This is heartbreaking. Mr. Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band came and did a free concert for us when I was stationed in Korea between deployments. The performance was really good and he was very personable. I will never forget it. Seeing him in this brought me right back to 2009. Thank you (and Anderson) for sharing this with the world. Hopefully we can use your experience to help us heal through our own losses.
Gary Sinise’s son Mac died in 2024 at 33 after a yearslong battle with a rare cancer called chordoma. He shares with Anderson the music his son created in his final year and how Mac still feels “very present” in his life.
0:00 How Sinise's wife's cancer treatment led to Mac's diagnosis
7:53 The conversations that Gary wishes he had had with Mac
13:48 During the depths of cancer, Mac rediscovered his love of music
18:08 Mac talks about his connection to music
21:21 Gary explains how his work with veterans helped him process his grief
For more of “All There Is with Anderson Cooper” visit https://cnn.com/allthereis
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<br>-IRAN: The U.S. should hand over the issues regarding Iran's nuclear program and the Strait of Hormuz to the United Nations for resolution, as these matters concern the entire world, not just the United States.
<br>- Ukraine (securing a ceasefire and a meeting between the Ukrainian and Russian presidents at the G20 summit in India);
<br>- Palestine (defining the borders for a two-state solution);
<br>- Venezuela (ensuring U.S. oil companies operate fairly so the Venezuelan people are pleased, thereby preventing the world from viewing the U.S. as a colonial power);
<br>- Cuba (demonstrating to the Cuban people—who would observe whether the U.S. helps improve Venezuela's economy—that following suit is a viable path).
<br>(The U.S. special envoy for these efforts should be a professional diplomat.)