Patrick Swayze, Hollywood's Dirty Dancer, Dead at 57

[starling]

Speaking candidly for the first time since his cancer diagnosis, film and television star Patrick Swayze says in an interview to air tonight that he's "going through hell."
http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/wednesday/news/ny-etsway075989348jan07,0,904669.story

[starling]

more with youtube clip of interview:
http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,28383,24882812-7485,00.html

[camracrazy]

i was shocked when he said smoking probably caused his cancer and yet he hasn't stopped :(

God bless patrick his wife. :rose:

I'm not too surprised. I used to do home health and you wouldn't believe some of the people that still smoked. Their conditions were horrible, they couldn't even walk from one room to the other because they couldn't breathe, yet they were sitting there smoking next to their oxygen tanks! :scared:

[lynbit]

This is so sad. I'm not feeling too optimistic about this development at all.

[incidentally]

http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b78327_patrick_swayze_hospitalized_with.html

[legalmania]

Our prayers are with you Patrick. I'm hoping you get well and can hang on until they find a cure.:rose:

[StillEG]

:crying:

May GOD keep you in his light.

[spiritwolf46]

Oh how sad this is! My prayers are with him and his lovely wife! :crying:

[SwFlorida]

Born August 18, 1952 (1952-08-18) (age 56)
Houston, Texas, USA
Occupation Actor, dancer, singer-songwriter
Years active 1978 – present
Spouse(s) Lisa Niemi, 1975 – present
Patrick Wayne Swayze (born August 18, 1952) is an American actor, dancer, and singer-songwriter. He is best-known as a romantic leading man in films such as Dirty Dancing (1987) and Ghost (1990), for which he received Golden Globe nominations, along with his performance in To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995). He was listed by People magazine as its "Sexiest Man Alive" in 1991. Diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer in January 2008, he has had a public battle with the disease, but is, as he described it to Barbara Walters, "kicking it." He has signed on to be the lead in a new ABC television series, The Beast, which will begin airing on January 15, 2009.

Praying for you Patrick and your family..:rose::rose:

[MoonFlwr]

Oh how sad!

I watched his interview with Barbara Walters a few days ago...he was being so brave and realistic in it!:crying:

[n/t]

Not good. :sad:

:rose:

[GentleBreeze]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090109/people_nm/us_swayze_1

Currently battling pancreatic cancer.


That is so heartbreaking. Many people, especially those who are battling cancer can die if they get pneumonia.

My prayers are with him. May God see him through this.:rose:

[Pretty Leaf]

My mom was dying of mestastized colon cancer spread to her lungs.
During her last week she asked for a cigarette, which she puffed once and choked. She made a comment that this addiction is hard to kick even in your final days.

Somewhat like dying of liver failure and still drink..........

:sad:

[TealMermaid]

Sending up prayers for Patrick and his family.:rose:

I had the biggest crush on him when "Dirty Dancing" came out.:wub:

[courtsinsession]

I'm not too surprised. I used to do home health and you wouldn't believe some of the people that still smoked. Their conditions were horrible, they couldn't even walk from one room to the other because they couldn't breathe, yet they were sitting there smoking next to their oxygen tanks! :scared:

I have worked in hospitals for many years and let me tell you the worst offenders are nurses and get this, respiratory therapists; i kid you not. does anyone remember the days when smoking was allowed on coronary care and intensive care units? I do; physicians were pretty bad offenders at that time.

[starling]

:( prayers for Patrick

for those who missed it, Barabara Walter's entire interview posted here(scroll down)
http://celebrity.rightpundits.com/?p=4879

[LisaM22]

i was shocked when he said smoking probably caused his cancer and yet he hasn't stopped :(

God bless patrick his wife. :rose:

why would he quit now? wont cure the cancer will it? he may as well enjoy it :rose:

[NatalieB]

I've always loved his work and will be sure to tune in to see his new series. What a great interview he gave. I pray that he makes it thru this latest bought. :rose:

[Nellie]

I'm not too surprised. I used to do home health and you wouldn't believe some of the people that still smoked. Their conditions were horrible, they couldn't even walk from one room to the other because they couldn't breathe, yet they were sitting there smoking next to their oxygen tanks! :scared:

Yep, that would be my mother. I'll never ever understand it.
And as much as I love Patrick Swayze, he's making excuses just like my mom. There are ways to curb the withdrawals.....patch and even a pill.
And even though the damage is done, it still takes a toll on your quality of life. My mom takes off the oxygen to smoke.....then complains she can't breathe. :cursing:

[Nellie]

Born August 18, 1952 (1952-08-18) (age 56)
Houston, Texas, USA
Occupation Actor, dancer, singer-songwriter
Years active 1978 – present
Spouse(s) Lisa Niemi, 1975 – present
Patrick Wayne Swayze (born August 18, 1952) is an American actor, dancer, and singer-songwriter. He is best-known as a romantic leading man in films such as Dirty Dancing (1987) and Ghost (1990), for which he received Golden Globe nominations, along with his performance in To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995). He was listed by People magazine as its "Sexiest Man Alive" in 1991. Diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer in January 2008, he has had a public battle with the disease, but is, as he described it to Barbara Walters, "kicking it." He has signed on to be the lead in a new ABC television series, The Beast, which will begin airing on January 15, 2009.

Praying for you Patrick and your family..:rose::rose:

Oh my...I didn't know it, but he's my birthday twin! I was born on that exact day and year too!

I have always loved Patrick Swayse and this just breaks my heart.
I wish him the best and many prayers.

[juliekan]

IMO, and everyone note the IMO, before you kill me too, i opine the following:
1. smoking will not affect the actual state of his cancer
2. smoking will affect his trying to stay alive no matter what, as in this case where he has contracted pneumonia.
3. i have had patients with lung cancer who smoked, even knowing they had lung cancer. it was advanced to the state that there was nothing to be done, and they saw no need to quit. it was very painful to watch them try to breath until they died, though.
4. if he said the smoking caused his cancer(which i saw posted below somewhere), it was because of the cases of beer required to go with the cigarettes. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0811061swayze1.html

[juliekan]

Nellie, I can appreciate what you're sharing about your Mom, but clearly, you don't know much about the whole subject. IMO JMO

I hope you NEVER have an addiction, dear. IMO JMO


Dear,
i hope YOU never have an addiction, dear. i, for one, am going to have a smoke and go to bed, and hope Patrick and i don't have one tomorrow! :w00t:

[EverGreen]

well after watching the BW interview i realize why he hasn't totally stopped is because it would make him go through withdrawls and his dr said that could kill him faster then the smoking could at this point :(

I did not see his doctor say quiting could kill him faster. If working non stop and only getting 4 hrs of sleep a night throughout the time he was taking harsh chemo did not kill him I doubt withdrawal would have. For all the bragging he did about being strong and being able to withstand the pain of treatment, I would think he would take the same attitude about withdrawal. He is saying he can beat cancer but he can't beat cigarettes. I believe he is amazingly strong and if he wanted to, he could do it. The thing is..... he does not want to, and he should just admit that and quit making excuses for not even trying.

If he had stopped when he was diagnosed his lungs would be stronger today and maybe better be able to fight of this pneumonia. Totally his choice but I can't pity him here. Do hope he gets over this and keeps on living life to the fullest.

[Nellie]

Nellie, it's so easy to judge others, isn't it? Shame on you. IMO JMO

I hope you NEVER have an addiction to anythning, including food, dear. IMO JMO

I don't know....tell me....how easy was it for you to judge me? :glare:

[Nellie]

What you say is true, but in all fairness to those individuals, we didn't know what we know today. It's easy to point fingers, but it's not really fair. IMO JMO

I agree with you here....well partly.
I know that back when my parents began to smoke they did not know the dangers. Plus, I believe the cigarettes became more and more dangerous after they already became addicted. But, I do know that the dangers have become known to them after they were addicted and there is "help" out there to help them quit and I believe they just truly have not wanted to. What is fair? Is it fair to me to have to watch my father waste away because of his addiction? Is it fair to me to have to watch my mom struggle to breathe and not be able to move and bascially become a "living dead" person because her quality of life is gone? Is it fair to me that I have to go into a stinky home I can barely breathe in to visit my mom? Is it fair to me to have to deal with anger at the same time I have to deal with the grief of watching this addiction destroy my parents' lives? And then I have to deal with the guilt I feel for the anger I feel. Is it fair to me that my daughter has this same addiction and if she doesn't stop soon enough, I know she will go down this same road? Any addiction affects others....not just the person.

I know I touched a nerve with you and I'm sorry you don't seem to like me (even though you don't know me). You don't even know....maybe I DID have this addiction and DID quit. You assume I never knew the addiction.

I just know I love the people in my life who are killing themselves with cigarettes and I feel so helpless and angry at times about it. I love Patrick Swayze and believe the smoking COULD NOT help his current illness. I so wish he would have sought help to quit. I didn't see the interview, so maybe he did. There is help out there and many others have managed to quit and I just think he could have it "in him" to quit too. I just wish he could/would have so he could have the best quality of life possible with what he's got left. It's not about judgement...it's about caring for the person.

[Nellie]

He's not your twin, Nellie! That's too weird for me...... IMO JMO

Same birthday?? What do you know????? IMO JMO

Sorry if that's wierd to you.
Nothing creepy about it.
Just an interesting tidbit.....that's what my group of friends always called someone that was born on the same day.

[EverGreen]

you might want to watch the interview again. he said his dr told him withdrawls would be too rough on him and might kill him.


IMO you sound like you really don't like PS much.........

I did not see his doctor say quiting might kill him. Did you see his doctor say that?

I don't know PS well enough to say if I like him or not. I like his acting, I like that he is standing up to cancer and fighting. I wish he could have stood up to cigarettes and stamped them out of his life.

[EverGreen]

no i didn't hear his dr say that......maybe he's lying........... :bored:

Maybe he just heard what he wanted to hear. Whatever the case may be, I feel bad for him and wish him the least amount of suffering possible.

[NatalieB]

IMO, and everyone note the IMO, before you kill me too, i opine the following:
1. smoking will not affect the actual state of his cancer
2. smoking will affect his trying to stay alive no matter what, as in this case where he has contracted pneumonia.
3. i have had patients with lung cancer who smoked, even knowing they had lung cancer. it was advanced to the state that there was nothing to be done, and they saw no need to quit. it was very painful to watch them try to breath until they died, though.
4. if he said the smoking caused his cancer(which i saw posted below somewhere), it was because of the cases of beer required to go with the cigarettes. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0811061swayze1.html

It's a really difficult situation. Yes, it would be wise for him to quit smoking, but he believes (as I do) in quality of life, not simply quantity of life. He's said, if he finds out he has any chance of living outside of 5 minutes, he will attempt putting them down. Since he's addicted it's my guess, he just doesn't want to deal with withdraw along with everything else he's forced to deal with.

I would probably feel much the same way. For anyone who has never been a smoker, I'm not sure you know how difficult it is to quit. While some have given us the "411" into their own families refusal to quite smoking while facing severe health consequences, I think it goes to show just how difficult of an addition it really is. My own mother had throat cancer and went thru a Tracheostomy operation TWICE (it came back or they didn't get it all) in which with the combined surgeries; one on each side of the neck, she had her throat literally sliced from ear to ear and had to wear a trach. After all this, she put her finger over the hole in the trach and continued smoking. Not once did I call her stupid or even think as much. Probably because I understand the addition and how difficult it is to overcome.

Turning the oxygen off to have a smoke screams to me how difficult it is to give them up.

[NatalieB]

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4. if he said the smoking caused his cancer(which i saw posted below somewhere), it was because of the cases of beer required to go with the cigarettes.

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Oh, and I'm not going to kill you, you're entitled to your opinion like everyone else.

To address this issue though, he never said that smoking caused his cancer. He simply said, it's quite possible that it may have played a part. I don't think there is anyway of proving what part smoking may have played, and he at least acknowledged that those who smoke are more likely to develop this form (as well as other forms) of cancer.

[NatalieB]

It's a really difficult situation. Yes, it would be wise for him to quit smoking, but he believes (as I do) in quality of life, not simply quantity of life. He's said, if he finds out he has any chance of living outside of 5 minutes, he will attempt putting them down. Since he's addicted it's my guess, he just doesn't want to deal with withdraw along with everything else he's forced to deal with.

I would probably feel much the same way. For anyone who has never been a smoker, I'm not sure you know how difficult it is to quit. While some have given us the "411" into their own families refusal to quite smoking while facing severe health consequences, I think it goes to show just how difficult of an addition it really is. My own mother had throat cancer and went thru a Tracheostomy operation TWICE (it came back or they didn't get it all) in which with the combined surgeries; one on each side of the neck, she had her throat literally sliced from ear to ear and had to wear a trach. After all this, she put her finger over the hole in the trach and continued smoking. Not once did I call her stupid or even think as much. Probably because I understand the addition and how difficult it is to overcome.

Turning the oxygen off to have a smoke screams to me how difficult it is to give them up.

I just read this again and see how someone may interpret what I said as if I'm implying others may not know how difficult it is to quit smoking. I never meant to imply any such thing. I wouldn't have the foggiest idea of who has smoked, still smokes, or who has quit smoking. I was only speaking in generic forms with all of the above. I wasn't speaking of anyone or any poster in particular.

[LisaM22]

IMO, and everyone note the IMO, before you kill me too, i opine the following:
1. smoking will not affect the actual state of his cancer
2. smoking will affect his trying to stay alive no matter what, as in this case where he has contracted pneumonia.
3. i have had patients with lung cancer who smoked, even knowing they had lung cancer. it was advanced to the state that there was nothing to be done, and they saw no need to quit. it was very painful to watch them try to breath until they died, though.
4. if he said the smoking caused his cancer(which i saw posted below somewhere), it was because of the cases of beer required to go with the cigarettes. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0811061swayze1.html

for #3, if these patients had quit smoking would it only prolong the amount of time they lived in such a condition that it was as you stated, too painful to watch them, or would they die quicker or the same either way as the cancer progressed?

I think even if I had quit smoking, I may take it up again if I had a terminal illness and knew I was going to die

[Topher]

[QUOTE=forensicpsy;12648865]Of course you're right.

If he chooses to continue to smoke now, so be it.
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Many professionals concur that an addiction to nicotine is more difficult to kick than heroin. I wish that I had never started smoking. But, telling someone to quit, is like someone who has never suffered from clinical depression tellling a clically depressed person to just get over it and have some fun. If you have not been there it seems so easy to give advice, or chastise. If my medical insurance allowed payment for a three month program of inpatient care for detox, therapy, and an environment where I would not be able to have access to cigarettes, I would jump on it. Unfortunately, when I try to do it on my own, no matter what method I use (patches, gum, weening, etc.) I reach a point where I feel that I am about to lose my mind and might hurt myself. So, I light up a cigarette, and I can function again. I am surprised, with all of the class action suits against the tobacco companies for illness, that there hasn't been a class action suit for those who want to quit, and are not able to unless they go to an inpatient detox/drug treatment facility. After all, it has been proven that the tobacco companies lied, saying that there was no proof that nicotine is addictive. But, I guess that lawyers who take on class action suits want monetary settlements which they get a big chunk of, rather than professional, managed care to help cure the addiction of their clients. As for PS, remember, he started dancing at a young age. Many professional dancers smoke profusely. Some of the biggest ballet stars were seldom seen without a cigarette when they were not on stage. So, PS became addicted to nicotine at very young age. I can understand how difficult, with the added pressure of his illness, how giving up smoking might seem like an impossiblity. Sure, there will be people who will respond that they were able to give up smoking. But, as well as the addiction to nicotine, there are many other reasons why some people cannot give up the habit. PS has always seemed like a decent man to me. His smoking does not deserve some of the harsh comments that I have read here. I would not wish such a painful illness, with a negative prognosis on anyone...

[lady]

I quit smoking for 10yrs and started smoking again after some deaths in my family. Stupid yes, better than getting addicted to drugs yes.
I cough now, so I know it's not good for me, I'm able to concentrate better and get more done than when I didn't smoke. It doesn't make sense, I know, but it's like my crutch in life and gives me something to look forward to after I've accomplished something.
I've been on both sides and I'm back on the smoking side, so I get Patrick's illogical logic.

[desmom]

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Many professionals concur that an addiction to nicotine is more difficult to kick than heroin. I wish that I had never started smoking. But, telling someone to quit, is like someone who has never suffered from clinical depression telling a clinically depressed person to just get over it and have some fun. If you have not been there it seems so easy to give advice, or chastise. If my medical insurance allowed payment for a three month program of inpatient care for detox, therapy, and an environment where I would not be able to have access to cigarettes, I would jump on it. Unfortunately, when I try to do it on my own, no matter what method I use (patches, gum, weening, etc.) I reach a point where I feel that I am about to lose my mind and might hurt myself. So, I light up a cigarette, and I can function again. I am surprised, with all of the class action suits against the tobacco companies for illness, that there hasn't been a class action suit for those who want to quit, and are not able to unless they go to an inpatient detox/drug treatment facility. After all, it has been proven that the tobacco companies lied, saying that there was no proof that nicotine is addictive. But, I guess that lawyers who take on class action suits want monetary settlements which they get a big chunk of, rather than professional, managed care to help cure the addiction of their clients. As for PS, remember, he started dancing at a young age. Many professional dancers smoke profusely. Some of the biggest ballet stars were seldom seen without a cigarette when they were not on stage. So, PS became addicted to nicotine at very young age. I can understand how difficult, with the added pressure of his illness, how giving up smoking might seem like an impossiblity. Sure, there will be people who will respond that they were able to give up smoking. But, as well as the addiction to nicotine, there are many other reasons why some people cannot give up the habit. PS has always seemed like a decent man to me. His smoking does not deserve some of the harsh comments that I have read here. I would not wish such a painful illness, with a negative prognosis on anyone...


I tried to figure out where to snip, but I can't. Thank you Topher for putting it into words for me.

It is so easy to judge what one does not know or has experienced. I am a smoker. I have quit so many times....

Mr. Swayze you and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.

:rose:

[starling]

Patrick Swayze is back home
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/19/arts/19arts-PATRICKSWAYZ_BRF.html?ref=arts

[starling]

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/beast-producers-want-swayze-back/story.aspx?guid=%7B132B0E2C-3972-49E9-BB99-956BF5BA1B0F%7D&dist=msr_1
'Beast' producers want Swayze back
Jan. 19, 2009
The producers of Patrick Swayze's new U.S. television drama "The Beast" say they hope the actor will be healthy enough to return for a second season....

:beer: Patrick

[confusedeasily]

reports he's now forgoing any further treatments.

I hope the end is easy for him..........

[GentleBreeze]

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/beast-producers-want-swayze-back/story.aspx?guid=%7B132B0E2C-3972-49E9-BB99-956BF5BA1B0F%7D&dist=msr_1
'Beast' producers want Swayze back
Jan. 19, 2009
The producers of Patrick Swayze's new U.S. television drama "The Beast" say they hope the actor will be healthy enough to return for a second season....

:beer: Patrick

That is wonderful news.

I have been watching his new show and I have come to really enjoy it.

imoo

[Marcia3]

That is wonderful news.

I have been watching his new show and I have come to really enjoy it.

imoo

Me, too. DD #1 and I are hooked on it...and it definitely is a show that keeps you hanging on from one episode to the next.

[Carol25]

None of you are living with the stress of what PS is living. Nor do any of you understand what the withdrawal would do to him at this point. His doctors know best.

I have a friend who has clinical depression and wanted to quit smoking. His doctor told him no, not until his meds were working for a substantial amount of time could he even consider it.

[YoYo]

No update on his health. Just ran across this (Patrick and his wife Lisa)-thought you might enjoy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rCUxs9rTbQ&translated=1

[AZCHARGED]

Thank you, YoYo! Words cannot express the beauty of that dance, Poetry in Motion!!

[starling]

Thanks for the link Yoyo
Wow.

Patrick on the death of Natasha
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5i5e1PjqEUjDIN9-c9UOro20ENmVQ

[aproudmom]

Swayze: I Haven't Quit Treatment
http://www.newser.com/story/49378/swayze-i-havent-quit-treatment.html




Swayze Fires Back at 'Negative' Tabloids
Patrick Swayze is sick of reading tabloid stories claiming he's losing his battle with pancreatic cancer, he tells Access Hollywood. The Beast star says that rather than being at death's door, he is responding well to a new course of chemotherapy, and he has plenty of positive things in his life to focus on—including a new puppy.
http://www.newser.com/story/53077/swayze-fires-back-at-negative-tabloids.html

Fire away PS stay strong

[Spyder88]

Well, so much for gossip, and untrue gossip, at that. How quickly "some" are ready to write others off. Unbelievable to me.

jmo

It's the media thing. They sell more magazines with macabre gossip and half-truth than they ever would with the truth alone. Sad commentary, I know, but it's MHO. :sad:

[LILMANMAX]

I really admire Patrick for his courageous fight against this horrible disease.
I lost an Uncle to pancreatic cancer and he did not last 4 months. Awful and painful on the patient and the family.

My best friend lost her fight with Hodgkins after almost 5 years. She died January 1st last year.

At some point you reach the stage of quality versus quantity of life and I truly believe that is an individual choice.

God Bless you Patrick.
We love you hear in NC.

[YoYo]

An uncertain future for Swayze's tv series:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090414/ap_on_en_tv/tv_the_beast_s_future

I hate to hear this but admit I haven't been watching the program.

[starling]

National Enquirer Patrick Swayze Pix: Invasion of Privacy?
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/celebritology/2009/04/national_enquirer_patrick_sway.html?hpid=entnews

[FallenAngel♥]

A&E's 'Beast' gets canceled
Swayze-starring series had soft ratings


http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118004500.html?categoryid=14&cs=1



Did anyone here watch this show? I did once.....sad to say it really wasn't that great



:rose: For Patrick

[aproudmom]

I really admire Patrick for his courageous fight against this horrible disease.
I lost an Uncle to pancreatic cancer and he did not last 4 months. Awful and painful on the patient and the family.

My best friend lost her fight with Hodgkins after almost 5 years. She died January 1st last year.

At some point you reach the stage of quality versus quantity of life and I truly believe that is an individual choice.

God Bless you Patrick.
We love you hear in NC.

ITA LIL and I lost 2 family members to pancreatic cancer my uncle only lived a couple of weeks after finally being diagnosed it was a horrible death for them and so hard to see them in that shape

[Former Juror]

www.drudgereport.com is reporting that Patrick Swayze has died. I hope it's not true, and there have been false rumors before. But, I don't think Drudge would report it without reliable proof.

[ExArkie]

Patrick Swayze has died!:rose:

[Former Juror]

:rose::rose:TMZ is confirming it and mentions the publicist said he was surrounded by family when he passed. I guess it is true.

RIP :rose:

[FA♥]

I think we all knew this day would come but it sure doesn't make it any easier :(





♥ Patrick you will be missed..........RIP

[dinojen]

TMZ is reporting it now also... Dirty Dancing will always be my favorite movie.. he will always be Johnny...

http://www.tmz.com/2009/09/14/patrick-swayze-dies/
You will be missed and forever remembered.

[FA♥]

"Patrick Swayze passed away peacefully today with family at his side after facing the challenges of his illness for the last 20 months," said a statement released Monday evening by his publicist, Annett Wolf. No other details were given.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obit_swayze

[Anakerie]

http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b144155_patrick_swayze_hollywoods_dirty_dancer.htm l


RIP Patrick... :rose:

[aproudmom]

I was so hoping it was not true and a rumor again..This is such a horrible loss.:crying:
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE58E02O20090915

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/6618751.html

LOS ANGELES — Patrick Swayze, the hunky actor who danced his way into viewers' hearts with "Dirty Dancing" and then broke them with "Ghost," died Monday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 57.

"Patrick Swayze passed away peacefully today with family at his side after facing the challenges of his illness for the last 20 months," said a statement released Monday evening by his publicist, Annett Wolf. No other details were given.

[aproudmom]

there is also a thread in the Breaking news

[IaNsSyAlNuE]

:rose::rose:

May he rest in peace...

[KatieLady]

I am broken hearted!

My heartfelt sympathy to his family

:sad:
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[n/t]

RIP :rose:

[flipflop]

Gosh, I hate this. I saw pictures of him not too long ago and he was looking pretty good. We have lost a great talent.

[aproudmom]

None of you are living with the stress of what PS is living. Nor do any of you understand what the withdrawal would do to him at this point. His doctors know best.

I have a friend who has clinical depression and wanted to quit smoking. His doctor told him no, not until his meds were working for a substantial amount of time could he even consider it.

I was told the same thing a few years ago when I wanted to stop of course no doctor will tell you to not stop smoking but they will tell you it could be better to wait especially in treatment's on stress anxiety and depression but I guess at this point it does not matter we have lost Patrick Swayze today:rose::crying:

[aproudmom]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/6618751.html

LOS ANGELES — Patrick Swayze, the hunky actor who danced his way into viewers' hearts with "Dirty Dancing" and then broke them with "Ghost," died Monday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 57.

"Patrick Swayze passed away peacefully today with family at his side after facing the challenges of his illness for the last 20 months," said a statement released Monday evening by his publicist, Annett Wolf. No other details were given.

[True2Blues]

It's very sad, but yes, he put up one heck of a fight. :rose:

[Scampi]

Rest in Peace, Patrick. I will never forget you in DD.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpmILPAcRQo


:rose:

[aproudmom]

In an interview with ABC's Barbara Walters in January, Swayze said his work on that show was exhausting, requiring 12 hour workdays in Chicago, Illinois, doing his own stunts. But he said the show's character "just felt right for my soul."

"If I leave this Earth, I want to leave this Earth just knowing I've tried to give something back and tried to do something worthwhile with myself," Swayze told Walters, when asked why he decided to do the show. "And that keeps me going, that gets me up in the morning. My work ... is my legacy."

I will never forget this interview he was so real and he will be missed

[Jayne]

Oh..My. I loved him..yes in Dirty Dancing..yes in Ghost..but in his many other productions as well. What a talented man.

I was hoping he would get through this. He DID look good, as others have said..last time I "saw" him.

So many talented and "nice" people..leave this earth waaay too soon. If he had skeletons in his closet, I didn't know of them, nor would I care. He was an amazing dancer..good actor..and apparently a wonderful "family man". So so sad.

What a LOSS.

RIP...May you be dancing in Heaven, Patrick, as we write here. Sympathies to his entire family and friends.

jmo

J

[RootBeer]

I loved him in the mini-series "North & South".

[Veritas]

Prayers for his family. :rose:


"Nobody puts Baby in a corner." :wink:

[RootBeer]

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=41963010

[RootBeer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnUQQF9yOQI

[TennVol]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnUQQF9yOQI


I LOVED North & South, and it's when I first fell in love with him

RIP Patrick

:rose:

[barskin&co.]

How sad.

:rose:

[Mamie]

Honest to God-----I just got through thinking about him yesterday and my thought was we haven't heard anything about him lately and so maybe this is good news that there hasn't been any news. Maybe by some miracle he's going to come out of this okay.

Aww, my heart goes out to his family, each and every one. But dear Patrick Swayze will be in pain no more.

[BOZGAL2]

Dalton and Bodhi will live in my heart forever.

You gave it all you had. God Bless your family and friends.

RIP Patrick :rose:

[Citygirl]

Aww how sad..he was so talented and I loved him in everything he did..
my thoughts are with his wife and brother and family..
RIP Patrick..:rose:

[StarShine]

We will miss you!!

RIP

:rose:

[withay]

Rest in Peace. Though I am sorry you are gone, I am glad you have been released from your broken body.

[BobbysGirl]

I just saw this news. I am deeply saddened. I have loved Patrick in all his movies. Condolences to his family.

Patrick, Rip, you will be missed. I Love you.

BG :(

eta: I just got home from my grandsons 10th birthday party.

[RootBeer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rCUxs9rTbQ&translated=1

[GentleBreeze]

Patrick, you were an amazing man. You fought this unrelenting disease with everything you had.

Now it is time for you to rest in peace forevermore...free of pain.

May God wrap His arms around you and welcome you home.:rose:

Your work here on Earth is done.

God Bless the Swayze family.:rose:

[ellegna]

:crying: How very very sad. I just watched Dirty Dancing this weekend and wondered how he was doing.

:rose: RIP Patrick. My thoughts and prayers to his family and friends

[Emerald]

Thank you, Patrick Swayze, for all the enjoyable hours of entertainment.

:wub:


RIP

[RootBeer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqTPk_LtCgc&feature=related

a lot of great photos in this tribute

[debbadoo]

My heart is aching now for the loss of such a fine human being. I am just thinking of the agony and pain that Lisa must be in, losing the man she loved for so many years. RIP, Patrick, you are no longer in pain. :sad:

[RootBeer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ETFBRjFz5g&feature=related

[KatieLady]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqTPk_LtCgc&feature=related

a lot of great photos in this tribute

Thank you for posting that...made me cry all over again. What a lovely couple

:rose:

[5boxersmom]

Rip Patrick.

:rose:

[Lyndawitha"Y]

My heart is aching now for the loss of such a fine human being. I am just thinking of the agony and pain that Lisa must be in, losing the man she loved for so many years. RIP, Patrick, you are no longer in pain. :sad:

I feel compelled to post my sympathies and also say how much I admire how Patrick and his family delt with their trials...He never gave up and he listen'd to his angels..It was time for him..I truly feel he was a good person and had a good soul!! Bless his heart and his family!

I just have to mention..unlike so many stars..this man lived a wonderful and fruitful life..and never crossed that line..and for that he should be given a medal!! Salut..Patrick...You will be missed !!:rose:

LMS:seeya:

[ruth66]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqTPk_LtCgc&feature=related

a lot of great photos in this tribute

Love the tribute, he will be missed. God bless and be with his family.

[willow]

I don't even have the words for how sad I am to hear this news tonight. I think Patrick Swayze was a special man and I always had the utmost respect for him. My heart truly goes out to his wife of so many years and the rest of his family.

I think he could out dance anyone I have ever seen in my life and I don't think I will ever in my life see a dancer like him again. He made it look so easy and natural and I guess to him it was.

Thanks everyone for the utube video's, I have enjoyed watching them as the tears stream.

[desmom]

RIP Patrick Swayze :rose:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QyaRN2DM4c

[willow]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y0TWOttkVo&feature=fvw

I can just watch this video over and over again.

Patrick and wife Lisa

[Tracian]

I don't even have the words for how sad I am to hear this news tonight. I think Patrick Swayze was a special man and I always had the utmost respect for him. My heart truly goes out to his wife of so many years and the rest of his family.

I think he could out dance anyone I have ever seen in my life and I don't think I will ever in my life see a dancer like him again. He made it look so easy and natural and I guess to him it was.

Thanks everyone for the utube video's, I have enjoyed watching them as the tears stream.


I am with you Willow.

Never did we hear anything bad about Patrick or his marriage...He was a true American man...talented, passionate, and married the love of his life...(that btw, the tabloids never had any 'pal' reporting on disharmony)

Let us all say a special prayer for his beloved Lisa tonight...she I am sure is dealing with a mixture of relief that his pain is over, grief because her best friend has move to the next existence, and that emptiness that all of us feel when a loved one is lost.

:rose:

[crimeq]

Rest in Peace, Patrick. I will never forget you in DD.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpmILPAcRQo


:rose:

Thanks for the link, Scampi. What memories -- how young and healthy he was -- I am so saddened by his death.

RIP Patrick :rose:

[Tracian]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnUQQF9yOQI


I adore North and South...have the collector's edition...as well as Road house, Next of Kin, and other greats of Patrick.


I can't say enough about a man that was not only a celebrity due to his efforts, but also due to his 'less sung acts' those of kindness to those in need, to his private life, that actually was private, and to his desire to fight cancer with the dignity and the class that defined him.

An American role model, one to be proud of.

[willow]

I am with you Willow.

Never did we hear anything bad about Patrick or his marriage...He was a true American man...talented, passionate, and married the love of his life...(that btw, the tabloids never had any 'pal' reporting on disharmony)

Let us all say a special prayer for his beloved Lisa tonight...she I am sure is dealing with a mixture of relief that his pain is over, grief because her best friend has move to the next existence, and that emptiness that all of us feel when a loved one is lost.

:rose:

Tracian - We must think a lot alike because you said the words that I could not seem to type. I agree with every single word you wrote.

I join you and others for a special prayer for his beloved wife Lisa.

[Tracian]

Tracian - We must think a lot alike because you said the words that I could not seem to type. I agree with every single word you wrote.

I join you and others for a special prayer for his beloved wife Lisa.

That is the beauty of real respect as well as message board friendship..we can disagree on this or that...but the bottom line is that the respect and friendship always offers a common bond of community.

In some ways it is sad, in others it is beautiful that in a tragic event we find the very human desire to comfort one another..even if we did not have a real relationship with those lost.

That is the definition of humanity..and no matter how angry we get with each other at times that bond will never be destroyed.

It is at times of death we consider our own lives, our own choices and how we will be remembered, in a way, we are all celebrities, because we are known by those that otherwise we would never know.

I know I sound corny, but with the death of Patrick Swayze it made me remember some dear posters, those that made me angry, at times, happy other times, or just 'Yeah, they are on my side' at other times..but IMO, Patrick was just like us, a real person, not out of reach..not a pompous star...just a guy, someone that could be a neighbor...

Okay, I am too emotional...let me just put on record...at times I may fight with some of you..but never do I wish harm to any of you (you being posters) I honor and respect all of you.

[Xenam]

What a wonderful actor and good person and sooo young.

You will be missed Patrick Swayze but thank you for leaving behind Ghost and Dirty Dancing -- two of my all-time fav movies. :wub:

RIP

Condolesences to the Swayze family. :rose:

[starling]

"Patrick Swayze passed away peacefully today with family at his side after facing the challenges of his illness for the last 20 months," said a statement released Monday evening by his publicist, Annett Wolf. No other details were given.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obit_swayze


Even though his last interview was painful to watch...he was so honest sharing his battle with his health & the loves of his life.
Peace and on with your journey, Patrick.
:rose:

[islandgirl36542]

My sincerest condolences to his wife and family.

[RootBeer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y0TWOttkVo&feature=fvw

I can just watch this video over and over again.

Patrick and wife Lisa


Pure Beauty - excellent video

[panache]

Patrick...You were courageous right thru to the end.

One of my all time favorite actors.

RIP :rose:

[Dunlurken]

Dirty Dancing was one of my Mom's favorite movies. She was about 67 when it came out. She "introduced" me to Patrick Swayze. She loved the movie so much we had one of the songs played at her funeral. This is the one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpmILPAcRQo

(Hope the link works). My Mom will be so happy to finally meet him. May he RIP.

:rose:

[ClimbingRose]

Patrick,


You were a gifted man with a sincere heart. As for the love of your life who has been left alone in this world. She was blessed. I have yet to discover any word that can show the sincerity in words of condolence.

To witness the love shared between these two people you only need to go to youtube and pull up their dance.

With tears in my heart
ClimbingRose

[RootBeer]

I knew I could count on Larry to do his show tonight in honor of Patrick. His show in on right now.

[Postergeist]

ABC is rerunning the Barbara Walters special with her last interview with Patrick tonight.

(airing right now as I type)

:rose:

[RootBeer]

ABC is rerunning the Barbara Walters special with her last interview with Patrick tonight.

(airing right now as I type)

:rose:

Thanks, I am taping it. :wub:

[need2no]

:crying:


Strength, and sweet memories Lisa until the day you meet your beloved Patrick again.

:rose: RIP Patrick as you dance your way to heaven and saddle up for your next journey. :rose:

[ABC]

Cult film RED DAWN is a terrific classic. Always enjoy watching these kids fighting for AMerica.

[RootBeer]

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=41963010

[Dunlurken]

I knew I could count on Larry to do his show tonight in honor of Patrick. His show in on right now.Damm, I missed it. I can't figure out how to leave a message on the memorial site.

[RootBeer]

Damm, I missed it. I can't figure out how to leave a message on the memorial site.

You need to sign up free as a member and then you can leave messages.

Larry King only did the first 30 minutes for Patrick. I was disappointed.

[Fallen♥]

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=41963010

wow he was cremated and his ashes will be scattered on his ranch in New Mexico.......

IMO no better place for Patrick to be.

[RootBeer]

I keep thinking about his wife Lisa. This must be really hard.

[Cindylee]

I keep thinking about her too. :crying: I have been married for 31 years to my soulmate and he has kidney disease.Oh gosh k9luvr, I am so sorry to hear that. That is a tough one.

[Cindylee]

Patrick Swayze has been dead a week and I think he deserves
a little more time at the top of the threads.

So, bumping for Patrick. :crying:

I agree. :wub:

[need2no]

Dancing with the Stars will pay tribute to Patrick Swayze on its Sept. 23 episode on ABC.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/09/16/2009-09-16_patrick_swayze_will_get_tribute_on_dancing_with _the_stars_tom_delay_may_be_out_w.html

[jmc63066_1]

Dancing with the Stars will pay tribute to Patrick Swayze on its Sept. 23 episode on ABC.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/09/16/2009-09-16_patrick_swayze_will_get_tribute_on_dancing_with _the_stars_tom_delay_may_be_out_w.html

I watched it on monday night i was moved to tears

i love and miss you Patrick RIP Patrick

My thoughts and prayers to Lisa and the Swayze family :sad:

shes like the wind and I had the time of are my life my 2 favorite songs
and dirty dancing was the best movie