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Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Gary Sinise, 70, Unlikely to Return to Acting After Son's Death
Gary Sinise may be retiring from acting — for good. The Forest Gump actor has been through a lot in his personal life after losing his son, Mac Sinise, to cancer in 2024. Sinise's life changed in an instant when his wife Moira was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. Around the same time, a then-27-year-old Mac received a devastating cancer diagnosis of his own. 'It looked like a monster grabbing my son's spine," Sinise told People magazine in an interview that was published on May 14. Mac was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer called chordoma. According to The Cleveland Clinic, it's a type of sarcoma that begins on a person's spine or at the base of the skull. Sinise kept working, taking on just a handful of jobs, including a recurring role in 13 Reasons Why. When his son's health took a turn for the worse in 2020, Sinise left Hollywood to be with his family. "That's when I stopped acting. I started putting everything I had into trying to find a miracle for Mac," he told People. Since his son's death, Sinise hasn't been too antsy to get back to work. He's enjoying spending time with his wife, who now a breast cancer survivor, his daughters, Sophie and Ella, and his grandchildren. 'Something may come along and it'll be right, but it's harder to leave home now," he told People. "I just want to be around family. Since losing Mac, I hold my daughters a lot tighter. You think about the things that are really important." According to his IMDb page, Sinise is rumored to be a part of the upcoming film No Better Place to Die. Sinise has dedicated much of his life to supporting veterans and has done incredible work through the Gary Sinise Foundation. No Better Place to Die is about the Normandy invasion and how "the 82nd Airborne Division struggled to capture and hold crucial crossing points over the Merderet River," per IMDb. It does seem as though this type of film would be something of great interest to Sinise — but based on his comments to People, it's unclear if that role will actually come to fruition.
Perth Now
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Gary Sinise addresses acting future after son's death aged 33
Gary Sinise isn't sure if he'll return to acting after his son's death. The 'Forest Gump' star - who hasn't appeared on screen since 2020 - decided to step away from Hollywood that year during his late son Mac Sinise's battle with cancer to focus on helping his boy. He told PEOPLE magazine: "That's when I stopped acting. I started putting everything I had into trying to find a miracle for Mac.' Mac - who was diagnosed with a rare form of spinal cancer in 2018 - died aged 33 last year. His father - whose most recent roles were in '13 Reasons Why', I still Believe' and 'Joe Bell' - is concentrating on his family rather than thinking about an acting comeback. He said: 'Something may come along and it'll be right, but it's harder to leave home now. I just want to be around family. "Since losing Mac, I hold my daughters a lot tighter. You think about the things that are really important.' Gary has five grandchildren from his daughters Sophia, 36, and Ella, 32, and his eldest admitted he "spoils them rotten". During Mac's final months, Gary admitted he was essentially his son's "air traffic controller'. He explained: 'I didn't want Mac to be thinking of the next treatment or to worry. So I thought about cancer all the time. "You're trying to take the pain away. A few times I felt like I couldn't do enough, or I didn't know what to do. "Then you say a little prayer, get back up and go back into the fight.' Mac was suffering with a rare bone cancer called chordoma, which affects just 300 people in the US each year. Gary - who described the MRI scan as "a monster grabbing my son's spine" - had already had the heartach of his wife Moira, 71, battling stage 3 breast cancer. She has since recovered, but during her treatment they found out about Mac's tumour. His daughter Ella recalled: 'Dad dove into the storm. Whatever's going on in his life, he goes full on. "He did amazing, but it was hard to watch because it was traumatising. "It's really a testimony to his character — he doesn't let adversity slow him down."
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
DeKalb man to run marathons for 40 days for 82nd birthday and to raise awareness for veterans issues
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Generate Key Takeaways For his 82nd birthday a DeKalb County man will run 26. 2 miles, the distance of a marathon. But he's not stopping there. He'll run that distance every day for 40 days as part of his home run for Georgia. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Stan Cottrell's love of running began at a young age. 'It all started when I was five years old. Daddy would wake me up, 'You need to go run after the cows,'' he said. 'I could just run and run and run ... and where were the limits? There weren't any,' he added. Cotrell has come a long way since herding cows on his family farm in Kentucky. This month, he will turn 82 and to celebrate, he plans to do a marathon a day for 40 consecutive days. The former Marine has already run more than 296,000 miles across 45 countries. He has met more than a dozen presidents, including two from the United States. TRENDING STORIES: The first time he ran across the US, the movie 'Forest Gump' was on the big screen. He says he started getting called a 'Real Life Forest Gump.' But running has always been Cotrell's happy place and it's his motivation to share joy with others. 'It's like dreaming ... It's like movement, poetry ... it's even flow of energy distribution,' he said. Cotrell is calling this year's birthday run a 'home run' for Georgia to raise awareness of veterans issues and to promote movement at any age. Cotrell says his faith is what carries him on every run. 'And I talk with him and sometimes I say, 'Lord, I just need the strength to get up that hill. Can you get me to the next telephone poll?' [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
Yahoo
15-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Dothan education pioneer dies, family remembers impact on community
DOTHAN, Ala (WDHN) — One Wiregrass family is cherishing the memories and ever lasting impact that one former Dothan educator left on thousands of people and students in the community. James Hemby passed away at 91 years old, surrounded by his family. Carla Woodall and Beth Hembey, James' daughters, remember their father as not only a spectacular dad, but a revolutionary educator. 'We are definitely sad and I know he will be missed but he had such a long full life that we cant be totally sad,' said Hemby. Time Youth Dothan open Time Teen Center for middle and high school age students Family says he had been dealing with dementia over at least the last five years, but they say you wouldn't have ever known as he didn't let it slow him down one bit. 'He loved to get in the yard and blow leaves and ride around, he still recognized everywhere he was going, his schedule he loved to go to McDonald's and eat his breakfast and watch all the cars and construction,' said Woodall. Hemby was a Slocomb native where he grew up and graduated from Slocomb high school before going to Auburn University. Shortly after graduating, he joined the Army, but Hemby is mostly known for his time as an educator in Dothan City Schools where he served as a teacher, mentor supervisor and school board chairman spending over four decades with the school system. 'We've had times where we are out in public and people say oh your dad is the best teacher,' said Hemby. 'Forest Gump' actor performs with band at Fort Novosel's Spring Fest Family believes he is the pioneer of vocational education. He's credited for being the first career tech director, crafting and laying the foundation for the Dothan Tech Center that exists today. 'Even back then 75 percent of students were not going to college they were going to the workforce and Hemby had the vision to recognize that and help students,' said DCS Superintendent Dennis Coe. 'Daddy equipped students for life,' said Hemby. His children say outside of education, he loved to fish and he loved big, students, teachers, friends and family 'Daddy never grew up, he was like a kid at heart and we got blessed with the ultimate girl dad and he was our biggest cheerleader,' said Woodall. He leaves behind a wife, two daughters and grandchildren and great grandchildren Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
