Patrick Swayze 1952-2009
Patrick Swayze lost his battle with pancreatic cancer yesterday. He was only 57 years old."Patrick Swayze passed away peacefully today with family at his side after facing the challenges of his illness for the last 20 months," his publicist, Annett Wolf, said in a statement. No other details were given. (Source)
One time when I was in college, I was just about to start working on a huge project when I went down to the kitchen to get a glass of water and found one of my housemates settling into a TNT airing of Dirty Dancing. So naturally I dropped everything and started watching it with her. Then after it was over, TNT ran an encore and we watched it again. Suffice to say I never did get that project done that night, and I don't even remember what the project was or what class it was for or what my college GPA ended up being. But I'll always remember that awesome night I watched Dirty Dancing two times in a row. R.I.P. Johnny.
While I love Dirty Dancing I saw it enough when it first came out to last three lifetimes but I will always, ALWAYS watch Roadhouse if I see it on somewhere.
Fuck you cancer.
RIP Patrick.
This hits close to home, my grandma passed from this type of cancer, she was healthy up until then and died only a few months after diagnosis.
Also I love the Swayze, I grew up watching Dirty Dancing, it just occurred to me recently though, that it was probably not the best movie to watch in grade 5, but it is indelibly etched on my psyche for better or worse.
RIP Patrick.
Like Alli, this was really sad for me as my dad died from pancreatic cancer, which is one of the least known but most deadly of the "common" cancers.
Hopefully, someday, somebody puts Cancer in a corner.