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Patrick Wayne Swayze (/ ˈ s w eɪ z i / SWAY-zee; August 18, 1952 – September 14, 2009) was an American actor, dancer, and singer-songwriter known for playing distinctive lead roles, particularly romantic, tough, and comedic characters.
Patrick Swayze (brother) Lisa Niemi (sister-in-law) Donald Carl Swayze (born August 10, 1958 [ citation needed ] ) is an American character actor, noted for acting in dramatic series and soap operas as well as several feature films, and theatrical work.
In the 1960s, Swayze founded and directed both the Houston Jazz Ballet Company, [1] and her own Houston dance studio, the Swayze School of Dance. [4] All five of her children became dancers and actors, [2] and Patsy's training has been credited for leading her son Patrick to his starring role in Dirty Dancing in 1987.
By Eric Sandler On August 18th, 1952 Patrick Swayze was born in Houston, Texas. Upon his untimely death in 2009 due to an advanced form of pancreatic cancer, the New York Times remembered him as ...
Lisa Niemi talked about a new documentary on the actor's life and legacy, I Am Patrick Swayze.
Patrick Swayze in "Road House" (1989) Patrick Swayze was taken from the world far too soon. The screen legend died at just 57 years old in September 2009 after a battle with pancreatic cancer ...
At age 14, at the Houston Ballet Dance Company, Niemi met the owner and director's son, Patrick Swayze; the two eventually got married when she was 19 years old. Niemi and Swayze were married on June 12, 1975, [16] [17] and remained married until Swayze's death from pancreatic cancer on September 14, 2009.
Jake Gyllenhaal will take any chance he can get to sing Patrick Swayze's praises.The two first met in the early 2000s when they worked on the sci-fi psychological thriller Donnie Darko. Fast ...