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Patrick Swayze's Widow: 'It's Not Getting Better'

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 08:38:48 CDT

Nearly 7 months after Patrick Swayze’s death, “it’s not getting better” for widow Lisa Niemi, she says. She discusses her grief, her husband’s death, and their life together with the Times of London. Her emotions : “I have a myriad of feelings. Some are extreme, some are a general malaise, sometimes...

Swayze Widow: I'll See Him Again

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:00:21 CDT

Just six weeks after losing her husband, Lisa Niemi spoke publicly for the first time about Patrick Swayze's death at yesterday's Women's Conference in California. "I am so grateful for what I had and my connection to him, and part of me believes that I will see him again," she...

Swayze's Biggest Regret: No Kids

Nick McMaster — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:11:10 CDT

Patrick Swayze desperately wanted to have children and was “crushed” when wife Lisa Niemi had a miscarriage, the Boston Globe reports. Swayze wrote of his longing for fatherhood in his memoir The Time of My Life : "I couldn't wait to become a dad, to have a child with this woman...

Swayze Memoir: Dying 'Is Okay'

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:54:26 CDT

Dying was “okay” with Patrick Swayze, he wrote in his upcoming memoir. Though his cancer diagnosis at first seemed like a “cruel joke,” he “began thinking to myself, I've had more lifetimes than any 10 people put together, and it's been an amazing ride.” More excerpts from The Time of...

Patrick Swayze to Be Cremated

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:11:02 CDT

Patrick Swayze’s ashes will be spread across his New Mexican Rancho de Días Alegres (Ranch of Happy Days), which he called his favorite place in the world, a source tells Radar. The actor’s body, currently in Los Angeles, will be cremated within 48 hours. More Swayze news: The Time of...

Swayze: Not Afraid to Laugh at His Own Hunkiness

Will McCahill — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:01:11 CDT

Patrick Swayze, who died today at 57, wasn’t the first choice for the male lead in Dirty Dancing , the BBC notes, but “his performance earned him award nominations and a place on bedroom walls of lovelorn teenage girls around the world.” He eschewed Hollywood’s scene—preferring his ranches—and its...

Cancer Takes Swayze, 57

Will McCahill — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:12:06 CDT

Patrick Swayze died today, TMZ reports, following a battle with pancreatic cancer. The actor, whose credits included Dirty Dancing and Ghost , was 57. Named People ’s Sexiest Man Alive in 1991, he was diagnosed with the deadly form of cancer in January 2008; he continued film and TV work, and...

Swayze Goes Home to Die: Tab

Jane Yager — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:55:10 CDT

Patrick Swayze has left the hospital and gone home to die in his own bed, the National Enquirer reports. Despite the actor's strong will to live, he has reportedly suffered multiple setbacks in his battle with pancreatic cancer, including a mild heart attack and an ongoing intestinal infection, and now...

Bio Details Swayze's Cancer Fight

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 08 May 2009 09:56:41 CDT

Patrick Swayze’s first inkling that something was wrong came while sipping champagne on New Year’s Eve 2007, reports the New York Daily News . “It was like acid on an open wound,” he recalls in a new biography out Tuesday. At the end of January 2008, after dropping 20 pounds, he...