Patrick Swayze

2022 - 8 - 18

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Upsetting way Patrick Swayze found out he had cancer 'Not ... (Fortnite)

PATRICK SWAYZE's wife Lisa Niemi revealed her guilt and heartbreak over the way the Dirty Dancing star found out he had cancer: 'He wasn't supposed to be ...

Patrick revealed that he and brother Don decided not to tell Patsy about the cancer initially. "I woke up on the lumpy hospital cot the next morning and a young surgeon was sitting on Patrick's bed talking to him. Patsy Swayze had been the most powerful figure in his childhood, and in shaping his career. "Patrick was recovering poorly from the procedure and was still woozy from the anaesthesia. In her 2012 book, Worth Fighting For: Love, Loss and Moving Forward, Lisa wrote: "Patrick needed an endoscopy and a biopsy on the mass. Instead, the Dirty Dancing and Ghost icon was taken far too soon.

Patrick Swayze's Widow Says He's Still 'Incredibly Close' in Her ... (PEOPLE.com)

Patrick Swayze's widow Lisa Niemi Swayze told ET of her husband, who died in 2009, 'I don't think there's anything I don't miss about him'

"He's got such a zest for life and this and that, but it's all the little things that are left." [PEOPLE's free daily newsletter](https://x.specialoffers.meredith.com/ats/show.aspx?cr=588&fm=241) to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories. "I feel like he's with me every day, but of course it'd be nice to have him physically in the room," she continued. [become close in a different way](https://people.com/movies/patrick-swayze-widow-lisa-feels-his-presence-believes-theyll-be-reunited/)," she explained. [incredibly close in your heart](https://people.com/celebrity/patrick-swayzes-wife-i-feel-like-he-hasnt-left/)," said Lisa, 66, noting that the 13 years that have passed are "quite a bit of time" on paper. [his death at age 57](https://people.com/celebrity/patrick-swayze-dies-at-57/) in 2009, from pancreatic cancer — recently told [Entertainment Tonight](https://www.etonline.com/patrick-swayzes-wife-lisa-niemi-shares-memories-of-him-ahead-of-dirty-dancings-35th-anniversary) amid the 35th anniversary of his hit film [Dirty Dancing](https://people.com/movies/jennifer-grey-on-dirty-dancing-2-without-patrick-swayze/) that he was "one of a kind."

'Dirty Dancing' star Patrick Swayze's wife pays tribute to late actor ... (Fox News)

"Dirty Dancing" star Patrick Swayze's wife, Lisa Niemi, honored her late husband ahead of the film's 35th anniversary. The "Ghost" actor would have turned ...

["one of a kind"](https://www.foxnews.com/category/entertainment/movies) and said she still feels his presence nearly 13 years later. I think you always have to start fresh, but if they're going to do it, I hope it's the absolute best and it has its own character and personality and source of inspiration." "I feel like he's with me every day, but, of course, it'd be nice to have him physically in the room," she added. [In July 2020, Lionsgate](https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/john-wick-5-dirty-dancing-movie) confirmed there will be a "Dirty Dancing" reboot and said Grey was collaborating with the studio. "When Patrick was still alive, he would always say, 'I’m on my second generation of fans' ... [CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP](https://www.foxnews.com/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink)

Patrick Swayze's widow says the actor would not be part of Dirty ... (The Independent)

Patrick Swayze's widow, Lisa Niemi Swayze, said her husband would not be tempted into reappearing in the planned Dirty Dancing reboot 35 years on from the ...

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Patrick Swayze would have been turning 70 - CNN (CNN)

Patrick Swayze would have turned 70 on Thursday if it were not for the pancreatic cancer he died from in 2009.

The 'Dirty Dancing' star was a Hollywood icon." I dropped about 20 pounds in the blink of an eye. "My indigestion issues got gigantic and constant.

Patrick Swayze on 70th birthday: Pancreatic cancer legacy endures (Today.com)

Like all people who die before their time, Patrick Swayze seems forever young. So it's hard to believe he would have turned 70 on Thursday if it were not ...

“He was somebody that we all felt like we knew,” Fleshman said. That never happened a decade ago,” he said. And then when you see it in the mirror, when all of a sudden, you pull your eyes down and the bottom(s) of your eyes go yellow and jaundice sets in — then you know something’s wrong.” “We (also) don’t have a blood test or radiology tests that we can do to detect it early — yet. The five-year survival rate has almost doubled in that time, from 5% to 11%, Fleshman said, crediting new improved drugs. “It’s a disease that — because it’s been rare and most people don’t do very well from that traditionally — there wasn’t a lot of attention and there weren’t a lot of researchers focused on it. There’s that thick membrane that goes around the watermelon, the green skin — you can’t get through it. There’s a similar microenvironment that’s around the pancreatic cancer tumor,” she said. It ranks as the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. “He gave people a reason to say, ‘Oh, Patrick Swayze, pancreatic cancer, wow. I dropped about 20 pounds in the blink of an eye. It grows silently deep inside the abdomen, producing few warning signs until it has spread to other parts of the body.

Patrick Swayze's Wife Lisa Niemi Shares Memories of Him Ahead of ... (Entertainment Tonight)

The movie will celebrate its 35th anniversary later this month.

"... But, I tell you what, we had a great ride and there’s so much to be grateful for." "I feel like he's with me every day, but of course it'd be nice to have him physically in the room. He was a fighter and I’m continuing that for him. It's the sound of his voice, how he smells, all the things that put him in the room with you that are physical." That’s quite a bit of time, and it's very strange to have someone so far away and yet have them still so incredibly close in your heart," Niemi adds. He's got such a zest for life and this and that, but it's all the little things that are left. I think you always have to start fresh, but if they're going to do it, I hope it's the absolute best and it has its own character, and personality, and source of inspiration." He’s very talented." There were several iterations of a script for that movie, but Patrick had a high standard and he wasn't gonna do it just for the money." "It's really incredible," Niemi says of the continued love for the movie, which was released in August 1987. "[The way they] left it was absolutely perfect.