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**Done_With_It** · 09-14-2009, 06:36 PM

Patrick Swayze Courtesy: Brian Braff

Patrick Swayze, the movie star whose iconic roles in Dirty Dancing and Ghost transcended, and the man whose perseverance in the face of advanced cancer inspired, died today in Los Angeles. He was 57.

"One thing I'm not gonna do is chase staying alive," Swayze told Barbara Walters in January. "You spend so much time chasing staying alive, you won't live."

At the time, Swayze guessed he had two more years to live.

Swayze was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in early 2008. Despite the gloom and doom of initial tabloid reports, Swayze went on to star in the A&E cop drama The Beast.

Not one to sugarcoat the toll the disease took on him, Swayze told Walters the show’s summer 2008 shoot was hell.

By the third episode in, at one point I didn't know if I was gonna finish this thing and I thought I'd made a big mistake," Swayze said. "It just made me angry at myself though."

Days before the Walters interview premiered, Swayze was hospitalized with pneumonia. He was released within a week, and announced plans to write a memoir with his wife of 34 years, Lisa Niemi. The book was due this fall.

"I will write from my heart about these experiences and, aside from the sheer pleasure of doing it, if people happen to garner inspiration from it, or incentive, or find a new way to love, it would be wonderful," Swayze said in May. The statement was issued shortly after a radio-fueled Internet death rumor prompted the never-say-die actor to declare himself "alive and well."

Born Aug. 18, 1952, in Houston, Swayze was in his 30s, and already something of a familiar face when he swiveled his hips to leading-man stardom in 1987’s Dirty Dancing.

As Johnny Castle, the dangerous dance instructor from the Catskills who romances rich-girl pupil, Baby, Swayze was able to showcase the moves that had been drilled into him since he was a boy, growing up as the son of Patsy Swayze, the choreographer of John Travolta's Urban Cowboy and other films.

Dirty Dancing became a sleeper hit, and made brand names of Swayze, Jennifer Grey and choreographer Kenny Ortega. Swayze even scored a hit single, "She's Like the Wind," off the movie's blockbuster soundtrack.

Swayze had a bit in the franchise's belated 2004 sequel, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, but for the most part expanded his repertoire beyond the dance floor. He knocked heads as Dalton the bouncer in 1989's Road House, a beloved, if critically dismissed, popcorn picture, protected Demi Moore from beyond the grave as the slain Sam Wheat in 1990's Ghost, his biggest box-office hit, and surfed with Keanu Reeves in the 1991 caper film, Point Break.

In 1992, Swayze went for Oscar gold as an American doctor working in the slums of India in City of Joy. But the film was a commercial and critical disappointment, and Swayze's film career never really recovered. Still, he continued to work, through good times and bad.

In 2002, Swayze, a longtime pilot, walked away from a crash of his Cessna 414 in Arizona. Witnesses said the actor seemed impaired, and asked them to help dispose of an opened bottle of wine. The National Transportation Safety Board found that Swayze had possibly been made loopy by carbon monoxide gasses.

Other credits include: The Outsiders, Red Dawn, and To Won Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar, the drag-queen comedy-drama that brought Swayze a Golden Globe nomination. The Beast, during which Swayze made his last stand on screen, was canceled in June, after one season.

(Originally published Sept. 14, 2009, at 5:01 p.m. PT)

Believe808 · 09-14-2009, 06:50 PM

Wow Done, this post just blew me away. Thanks for starting it.

He was one and will remain one of my favorites. Very classy guy.

Rest in peace Patrick. God bless.......

suki44883 · 09-14-2009, 06:52 PM

He was a multi-talented class act. I've followed his career since he made the movie The Outsiders. Prayers going out to his family and loved ones.

**Done_With_It** · 09-14-2009, 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Believe808

Wow Done, this post just blew me away. Thanks for starting it.

He was one and will remain one of my favorites. Very classy guy.

Rest in peace Patrick. God bless.......

Yea I know, he was one of mine also. Such a sad year.
We've lost too many.

Jim Carroll passed away also.

historyteach · 09-14-2009, 07:17 PM

He was a cute kid in The Outsiders;
We fell in love with him in Dirty Dancing;
And he touched our souls in Ghost.
He was a great actor!
Thank you Patrick Swayze...

May he rest in peace!

Shalom!

Mariposa18 · 09-14-2009, 07:21 PM

I just read this a little while ago and I seriously started to cry. I've loved watching him since I was 10 years old, he was a good man. May he rest in peace~

rayofsunshine · 09-19-2009, 07:13 PM

RIP Patrick...

I'm watching Dirty Dancing now on ABC family... it's so hard to believe he's
gone.

yeahgr8 · 09-20-2009, 01:54 AM

Cool guy, Roadhouse was one of my favourites!

09-14-2009, 06:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
Done_With_It !!..Rhythm Nation..!! Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Hollywood Posts: 8,987 Blog Entries: 15	Patrick Swayze RIP Patrick Swayze Courtesy: Brian Braff Patrick Swayze, the movie star whose iconic roles in Dirty Dancing and Ghost transcended, and the man whose perseverance in the face of advanced cancer inspired, died today in Los Angeles. He was 57. "One thing I'm not gonna do is chase staying alive," Swayze told Barbara Walters in January. "You spend so much time chasing staying alive, you won't live." At the time, Swayze guessed he had two more years to live. Swayze was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in early 2008. Despite the gloom and doom of initial tabloid reports, Swayze went on to star in the A&E cop drama The Beast. Not one to sugarcoat the toll the disease took on him, Swayze told Walters the show’s summer 2008 shoot was hell. By the third episode in, at one point I didn't know if I was gonna finish this thing and I thought I'd made a big mistake," Swayze said. "It just made me angry at myself though." Days before the Walters interview premiered, Swayze was hospitalized with pneumonia. He was released within a week, and announced plans to write a memoir with his wife of 34 years, Lisa Niemi. The book was due this fall. "I will write from my heart about these experiences and, aside from the sheer pleasure of doing it, if people happen to garner inspiration from it, or incentive, or find a new way to love, it would be wonderful," Swayze said in May. The statement was issued shortly after a radio-fueled Internet death rumor prompted the never-say-die actor to declare himself "alive and well." Born Aug. 18, 1952, in Houston, Swayze was in his 30s, and already something of a familiar face when he swiveled his hips to leading-man stardom in 1987’s Dirty Dancing. As Johnny Castle, the dangerous dance instructor from the Catskills who romances rich-girl pupil, Baby, Swayze was able to showcase the moves that had been drilled into him since he was a boy, growing up as the son of Patsy Swayze, the choreographer of John Travolta's Urban Cowboy and other films. Dirty Dancing became a sleeper hit, and made brand names of Swayze, Jennifer Grey and choreographer Kenny Ortega. Swayze even scored a hit single, "She's Like the Wind," off the movie's blockbuster soundtrack. Swayze had a bit in the franchise's belated 2004 sequel, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, but for the most part expanded his repertoire beyond the dance floor. He knocked heads as Dalton the bouncer in 1989's Road House, a beloved, if critically dismissed, popcorn picture, protected Demi Moore from beyond the grave as the slain Sam Wheat in 1990's Ghost, his biggest box-office hit, and surfed with Keanu Reeves in the 1991 caper film, Point Break. In 1992, Swayze went for Oscar gold as an American doctor working in the slums of India in City of Joy. But the film was a commercial and critical disappointment, and Swayze's film career never really recovered. Still, he continued to work, through good times and bad. In 2002, Swayze, a longtime pilot, walked away from a crash of his Cessna 414 in Arizona. Witnesses said the actor seemed impaired, and asked them to help dispose of an opened bottle of wine. The National Transportation Safety Board found that Swayze had possibly been made loopy by carbon monoxide gasses. Other credits include: The Outsiders, Red Dawn, and To Won Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar, the drag-queen comedy-drama that brought Swayze a Golden Globe nomination. The Beast, during which Swayze made his last stand on screen, was canceled in June, after one season. (Originally published Sept. 14, 2009, at 5:01 p.m. PT) __________________ Living in fast forward Hollywood RockStar outta control Need to rewind real slow Always Runin Time to take control Oh yeah ... "Never let the odds keep you from doing what You know in your heart you were meant to do."

09-14-2009, 06:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
Believe808 Miracles Happen Mahjongg Champion! Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: New Jersey Posts: 8,811	Wow Done, this post just blew me away. Thanks for starting it. He was one and will remain one of my favorites. Very classy guy. Rest in peace Patrick. God bless....... __________________ She believed she could so she did.... FAITH makes all things possible...not easy

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suki44883 Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Somewhere Out There Posts: 2,642	He was a multi-talented class act. I've followed his career since he made the movie The Outsiders. Prayers going out to his family and loved ones. __________________ When the power of love rises above the love of power, then the world will know peace. -Jimi Hendrix

09-14-2009, 07:17 PM	#5 (permalink)
historyteach To Life! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 8,882	He was a cute kid in The Outsiders; We fell in love with him in Dirty Dancing; And he touched our souls in Ghost. He was a great actor! Thank you Patrick Swayze... May he rest in peace! Shalom! __________________ IMAGINE

09-14-2009, 07:21 PM	#6 (permalink)
Mariposa18 Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 948	I just read this a little while ago and I seriously started to cry. I've loved watching him since I was 10 years old, he was a good man. May he rest in peace~ __________________ ~Sobriety is the best way to be in touch with reality as it is. Which is the best way to change reality to how you want it to be.~ Sober since 12-01-08

09-19-2009, 07:13 PM	#7 (permalink)
rayofsunshine Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Wishin' I was on the Beach! Posts: 1,226	RIP Patrick... I'm watching Dirty Dancing now on ABC family... it's so hard to believe he's gone. __________________ PEACE begins with a SMILE!!!

09-20-2009, 01:54 AM	#8 (permalink)
yeahgr8 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Gibraltar Posts: 1,693 Blog Entries: 8	Cool guy, Roadhouse was one of my favourites! __________________ An alcoholic and compulsive gambler working a program of recovery

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