# Patrick Swayze has lost his battle with cancer

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-has-lost-his-battle-with-cancer/510114>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 15, 2009, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-has-lost-his-battle-with-cancer/510114 "2009-09-15T00:22:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-has-lost-his-battle-with-cancer/510114/1 "2009-09-15T00:22:17Z")

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[He was only 57.](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obit_swayze)

My crush on him began when he played Orry Main in _North and South_.

Farewell, sir. We hardly knew you.