I had the time of my life, Patrick Swayze
I was really sad to learn just a few minutes ago that Patrick Swayze succombed today to pancreatic cancer, which he’s been battling for 20 months. He first captured my heart when I snuck into the hallway to watch Dirty Dancing, when I was “too young” to watch it, according to my parents. He’s one of the reasons why I love dance as much as I do.
Wanted to see some Swayze myself, so I found this 1994 video of Swayze dancing with his wife Lisa Niemi. They made a movie together in 2003 called One Last Dance.
And here’s the first (of 5) video of the Swayze-Barbara Walters interview:
One of my friends just Tweeted, “RIP Patrick Swayze…Heaven just got one hell of a bouncer.” I’m going to amend that to, “Heaven just got one hell of a dancer.”
I was sad to hear the news. Dirty Dancing is one of my favorites. He will be miss and I agree Emilie heaven did just get another hell of a dancer. I’m so having a Patrick Swayze movie marathon this weekend.
I am glad he’s no longer suffering but so very sad for his wife Lisa. Just goes to show that nothing lasts… but Rob Lowe had it right when he said Patrick lived many great lives in one lifetime. He was an amazing man who not only affected the world of dance and movies but reminded us that there are good, loyal, kind, brave and strong men out there. I know he’ll dance on in our hearts <3