# Patrick Swayze is dying **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 5, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207 "2008-03-05T17:34:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/21 "2008-03-05T18:54:10Z")
Well, I’ll be on the bus to hell, too, because my first thought was, “I don’t have him in the deathpool.” Very sad, though. I’ve had a crush on him since forever. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/22 "2008-03-05T18:55:25Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] If they’re talking about Nostrodomus or Burt Reynolds actually being a robot I agree with you, [/quote] How about when they reported that Burt Reynolds was dying of AIDS? And to contribute to the general movie quotiness: I don’t think of Patrick as a man, and I don’t think of him as a woman. I think of him as an angel! ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/23 "2008-03-05T18:55:49Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] Well, I’ll be on the bus to hell, too, because my first thought was, “I don’t have him in the deathpool.” Very sad, though. I’ve had a crush on him since forever. [/QUOTE] Me, too! ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/24 "2008-03-05T18:56:21Z")
[QUOTE=cmyk] Actually, that’s kind of creepy, considering if this turns out to be authentic, both in that skit will be dead. Maybe even a third… was Phil Hartman in that skit? [/QUOTE] No but Kevin Nealon was, so hopefully the trend continues (also in the skit were Mike Myers and Jan Hooks). ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/25 "2008-03-05T18:56:31Z")
[QUOTE=Avarie537] Me, too! [/QUOTE] To which statement? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/26 "2008-03-05T19:00:16Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] To which statement? 😃 [/QUOTE] Both. Although for me, “forever” means since “Dirty Dancing.” ---
**Author:** ![Meltdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Meltdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meltdown)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/27 "2008-03-05T19:41:26Z")
[Reads article] Dear lord, Patrick Swayze is 55? When did that happen? That makes “Dirty Dancing” seem a little skeevy. [Checks Wikipedia] Scratch that. Jennifer Grey is 47. I’m old. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/28 "2008-03-05T19:43:35Z")
Off to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/29 "2008-03-05T19:45:47Z")
[Fox News - Breaking News Updates | Latest News Headlines | Photos & News Videos](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,335210,00.html) Another story says the same. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/30 "2008-03-05T19:47:04Z")
Jeff Healey, who was in _Road House_, [succumbed to cancer over the weekend](http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/308995). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/31 "2008-03-05T19:48:12Z")
[QUOTE=gonzomax] [Fox News - Breaking News Updates | Latest News Headlines | Photos & News Videos](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,335210,00.html) Another story says the same. [/QUOTE] Still quoting the Enquierer, though. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/32 "2008-03-05T19:50:06Z")
[QUOTE=cmyk] Ditto. [/QUOTE] You win the funeral. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/33 "2008-03-05T20:31:27Z")
Damn… no Patrick Swayze Christmas this year… ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/34 "2008-03-05T20:42:05Z")
If I were him, and had enough strength left, I’d find the biggest hurricane swells I can find, and paddle off into them; leave life on his own terms IOW. Yes the ending was the only thing good about that movie. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/35 "2008-03-05T20:47:50Z")
Gilbert Gottfried will still be around to do Swayze’s voice in animated work. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/36 "2008-03-05T20:53:55Z")
Googling, I’ve found many a small cite for him having a ‘mystery’ surgery that was serious (some as a gastro-intestinal procedure), roughly around February 5th. It listed Stanford University Medical Center as the hospital. Also, if you look at recent pictures, he comes across as really gaunt, thin and sickly. However, I so hope this isn’t true. He’s been my favorite aunt’s crush since forever ( **Dirty Dancing** ) too. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/37 "2008-03-05T20:57:06Z")
World Entertainment News Network Ltd. via [Hollywood.com](http://www.hollywood.com/news/Mystery_Surrounds_Swayze_Cancer_Battle_/5095954): > [@](#): > > [S]ources close to the actor/dancer insist the story is far from true, and Swayze is at work on a new movie in Los Angeles. > > Swayze’s spokesperson has confirmed the actor was “home and happy” after the operation but has refused to comment on the nature of his illness. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/38 "2008-03-05T21:01:43Z")
> [@](#): > > Swayze’s spokesperson has confirmed the actor was “home and happy” after the operation but has refused to comment on the nature of his illness. _cough_ gerbil extraction _cough_ Seriously, I hope the Swayz is OK. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/39 "2008-03-05T21:02:34Z")
**Meltdown** , wow. I didn’t realize he was that much older than I am. I would have said early 40s. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/40 "2008-03-05T21:10:56Z")
Dang, I just rented “Keeping Mum,” in which he plays a delightfully vile, American golf-instructing seducer/peeping Tom. Although, I admit the best about that movie is its Isle of Man setting, and that it has Maggie Smith and Kristen Scott-Thomas. Actually, one more thing … but … uh … never mind. Oh, Rowan Atkinson is often funnier when playing a straight role. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207.md?page=3)