RIP Patrick Swayze

[WickedAngel]

Patrick Swayze has died aged 57. May he rest in peace. Thanks for the memories in Dirty Dancing & Ghost and countless other films.

[horrie hastings]

Yes,just posted this on the Wall.
May he be at peace now after battling that shit of a disease

[Guest]

Patrick Swayze succumbs to pancreatic cancer
‘Dirty Dancing’ star, 57, battled disease since January 2008
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Patrick Swayze dies at 57
Sept. 14: A publicist for Patrick Swayze says the actor has died of pancreatic cancer. NBC's George Lewis reports.
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updated 8:52 p.m. ET Sept. 14, 2009
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.

Fans of the actor were saddened to learn in March 2008 that Swayze was suffering from a particularly deadly form of cancer.

He had kept working despite the diagnosis, putting together a memoir with his wife and shooting “The Beast,” an A&E drama series for which he had already made the pilot. It drew a respectable 1.3 million viewers when the 13 episodes ran in 2009, but A&E said it had reluctantly decided not to renew it for a second season.

Swayze said he opted not to use painkilling drugs while making “The Beast” because they would have taken the edge off his performance. He acknowledged that time might be running out given the grim nature of the disease.

When he first went public with the illness, some reports gave him only weeks to live, but his doctor said his situation was “considerably more optimistic” than that.

“I’d say five years is pretty wishful thinking,” Swayze told ABC’s Barbara Walters in early 2009. “Two years seems likely if you’re going to believe statistics. I want to last until they find a cure, which means I’d better get a fire under it.”

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[horrie hastings]

I always bawl at this scene from Ghost

Just ignore the intro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qs-S...eature=related

[WickedAngel]

thanks a lot Horrie......had to find the tissues. hope the tv channels show this movie soon in tribute to Patrick. Will have a huge box of tissues handy then.

[novice chook]

Yes,just posted this on the Wall.
May he be at peace now after battling that shit of a disease

Couldn't agree more Horrie, my mother died of the same disease and it is horrendous to watch them suffer.

I'll have to dig out my Dirty Dancing albumn (yes I still have them) and giveit a whirl on the turntable in his honour I reckon.

Geez he was a good looking sort in his hey day. It was so sad to see him near the end of his time.


NC

[Kingbilly]

Sad news, a friend of mine in the US knew him and a couple of years ago was looking to do some work with him and his wife. A lovely man apparently

[Guest]

The world has lost an Angel......

RIP Partick......I have loved you since as long as I can remember......

I will watch my all time favourite movie and remember him as the graceful, handsome gentleman that he is.......The Outsiders....one of his lesser known films, but one of the best to me.......

[North_East_Rooster]

A very sad loss. RIP.