Patrick Swayze passes away at 57

First off, no, I was not a dirty dancing fan, but Roadhouse is up there on my top 10. Patrick Swayze lost his battle with Pancreatic cancer yesterday after two years. More below from CNN article.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/15/patrick.swayze/index.html

Rest in Peace. Thoughts are with the family.

Road House was up there for me too. My sympathies to his family. I am sure he's swinging roundhouse kicks upstairs right now.

Seriously, I know first hand what pancreatic cancer does to a person, or any cancer for that matter. He'd been battling it for two years, which is a testament to his fortitude and strength.

Oh man! I thought he would pull through. That's really sad and unfortunate, so young. My condolences to his family and friends.

I predict my wife will be watching dirty dancing all day today, she was a huge fan.

He's had a pretty sad life. His father passed away when he was 57 (ironic, same age, different reasons); his sister committed suicide, which plunged him into off-and-on battles with alcoholism.

Rest in peace.

And to add insult to injury, I hear they are planning on a sequel to Point Break.

Iwas like 7 years old when I saw it, but it was EPIC

I'm probably out on a limb, but my favourite Swayze movie was Next of Kin.

Swayze's smooth seduction line: "You wanna ride the teeter-todder?"

Horrible to see him gone.

Loved "Roadhouse".

Sad to see him go.

Pancreatic cancer is a brutal cancer with less than 5% of people surviving past 5 years after being diagnosed.

RIP Swayze.

I forgot that he was in Donnie Darko too, another weird movie of his, but loved his performance as the motivational speaker.

marakh wrote:Iwas like 7 years old when I saw it, but it was EPIC

Have you not seen Point Break? This clip doesn't really do it justice, but ...

http://www.imdb.com/rg/VIDEO_PLAY/LINK//video/screenplay/vi3766485273/

I feel badly for him and his family, because one thing's for certain - it wasn't an easy way to go.

RIP Patrick.

wprager wrote:

marakh wrote:Iwas like 7 years old when I saw it, but it was EPIC

Have you not seen Point Break? This clip doesn't really do it justice, but ...

http://www.imdb.com/rg/VIDEO_PLAY/LINK//video/screenplay/vi3766485273/

"Point Break" was awesome.

And of course... Red Dawn. HA HA! Saw that in the drive-in theater way back in the day.

He had one of the strongest Hollywood marriages too. 34 years.

SensGirl11 wrote:He had one of the strongest Hollywood marriages too. 34 years.

that is very rare these days with divorces aplenty in Hollywood (IE Nicole and Tom for example)