Actor Patrick Swayze has succumbed to his battle with pancreatic cancer. The “Dirty Dancing” and “Ghost” actor died Monday at age 57 after dealing with the illness for almost two years.
His publicist has announced that Swayze died peacefully with his family at his side. Swayze was diagnosed with the particularly virulent form of cancer in March 2008, and doctors originally gave him little time. Swayze survived 20 months, even filming 13 episodes of the A&E original series “The Beast” in 2009.
People magazine reported when Swayze was diagnosed his wife, Lisa Niemi, a licensed pilot, would fly him from Los Angeles to northern California for treatments.
There is no word about a possible public service for the actor. He leaves his wife of 30 years and his mother.
By the way: Grammatical and style errors were corrected in this version of the story
PS was so young and it’s sad sad to hear of his passing. My heart felt sympathies goes to his family and friends in this time of sorrow.
To the Editor:
Not to belittle you or anything like that but i just wanted to point out to you or your errors in this article. Perhaps this should be been reviewed a few times first or perhaps looked over by someone else before you post it online?
“Actor Patrick Swayze has succumbed to his battle with pancreatic cancer. The “Dirty Dancing†and “Ghost†actor died Monday at age 57 after dealing with his illness for almost two years.
His publicist has announced that Swayze died peacefully Monday afternoon with his family at his side. Swayze was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in March of 2008 and doctors gave him a few weeks to live. Swayze survived 20 months with the deadly disease, including filming 13 episodes of the A&E original series “The Beast†in 2009. It was reported by People magazine when Swayze, that his wife Lisa Niemi, a licensed pilot, would fly him from L.A. to northern California for his treatments.
There has been no formal word about a public service for the actor. His survives his wife Lisa of 30 years and his mother.
Megan Vick is Blast’s music editor. She is a music industry major and journalism minor at Northeastern University. You can follow her on Twitter.
Posted at 9:37 p.m. in: Blast News, Celebs, Entertainment, The Magazine Tags: Dirty Dancing, Ghost, Patrick Swayze”
Oops. Darn it. Sorry about the double posting. The laptop lagged and i thought it didn’t post and hit the refresh button. Please delete one of them.
Thank you!