# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/41 "2008-03-05T21:13:40Z")
Gotta tell ya, I’m still in the “doubtful” camp. We’ll see and I hope for his sake that this is his “Paul is dead” moment. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/42 "2008-03-05T21:42:15Z")
[QUOTE=Meltdown] [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. [/QUOTE] I guess you didn’t see _Donnie Darko_. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/43 "2008-03-05T22:11:20Z")
[QUOTE=bump] Damn… no Patrick Swayze Christmas this year… [/QUOTE] You win the intartubes!!! ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/44 "2008-03-05T22:11:37Z")
Story confirmed by his pr rep. [http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=weather&id=6001255](http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=weather&id=6001255) ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/45 "2008-03-05T22:21:28Z")
[QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] You win the intartubes!!! [/QUOTE] Close, but he’ll have to take the runner-up prize, second to **garygnu** ’s comment. “Hi-ho Road House, away!” ---
**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 6, 2008, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/46 "2008-03-06T00:10:22Z")
[QUOTE=Raygun99] Story confirmed by his pr rep. [http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=weather&id=6001255](http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=weather&id=6001255) [/QUOTE] Not exactly. > [@](#): > > [E]arlier reports that Swayze had a matter of weeks to live were exaggerated. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/47 "2008-03-06T00:13:26Z")
Perhaps reports of his imminent demise have been sensationalist exaggerations. [This](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20182300,00.html) from his doctor, via People magazine. Let’s hope it’s his doctor giving us the straight scoop and not the National Enquirer. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/48 "2008-03-06T00:21:16Z")
My apologies for the redundancy. I was interrupted mid-post and didn’t notice that **Lute** had slipped in and posted a link to the doctor’s comments. ---
**Author:** ![sweepkick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@sweepkick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweepkick)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/49 "2008-03-06T00:22:39Z")
While his current condition has apparently been exaggerated (by the National Enquierer… surprise surprise), his illness appears to be real: > **[Doctor 'Optimistic' About Patrick Swayze's Cancer](https://people.com/celebrity/doctor-optimistic-about-patrick-swayzes-cancer/)** > > The actor has a "limited amount of disease" and is "responding well to treatment," his doctor says Quite unfortunate… pancreatic cancer is a bitch. Here’s hoping they caught it in time. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/50 "2008-03-06T00:32:41Z")
[QUOTE=Avarie537] Both. Although for me, “forever” means since “Dirty Dancing.” [/QUOTE] Since [_The Outsiders_](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1128962304/tt0086066). What is this “Patrick Swayze Christmas” bit? I need Cliff’s Notes. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/51 "2008-03-06T00:42:59Z")
[QUOTE=fessie] What is this “Patrick Swayze Christmas” bit? I need Cliff’s Notes. [/QUOTE] If it be not in violation of the rules, [a YouTube link to “A Patrick Swayze Christmas”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZyJCV_dyug) ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/52 "2008-03-06T02:50:37Z")
Jeez, let’s hope _Roadhouse_ doesn’t become _Giant_ this year. Anybody checked up on Sam Elliott and John Doe today? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/53 "2008-03-06T03:32:38Z")
Patrick Swayze is another actor I had the privilege to work with for a short time. He is a really nice guy, as is his wife…I wish him all the best and hope he recovers. One thing from back then, he seemed to love to hang around shirtless and he was also one of those guys who ALWAYS had to put his arm, or at least his hand, on your shoulder when he talked to you…kind of unnerving, but that was just his “country boy” way I guess. He was also always courteous to his fans and would not just sign autographs, he would talk to them, ask where they came from and just chit chat for awhile. I thought that was cool. Trust me when I say not a lot of Hollywood actors took the time to talk to their fans. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/54 "2008-03-06T03:38:28Z")
True story… my mother loved \*Dirty Dancing \* so much, she convinced the manager of the local video store to give her the promotional cardboard cutout of him with Jennifer Grey on her knees at his feet. It stood in our den for years and years. Plus, he’s the king of “movies you always stop and watch a bit as you flip channels on the weekend.” \*DD, Roadhouse, Point Break… \* That’s too bad. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/55 "2008-03-06T03:53:47Z")
My partner’s late father battled pancreatic cancer for 3 years. Not a common occurrence with this particular nasty disease, but it is 3 years that she and her sister and mother and the rest of the family felt very blessed to have, including me. He was able to give one of his daughters away at her wedding, and I otherwise would not have been able to meet him and let him know how much I loved his other daughter, and that I would take good care of her in our life together. I hope that he has as much time as possible with those that he loves, and that he is as pain free as possible. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/56 "2008-03-06T04:12:56Z")
It’s from MST3K: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2ZyJCV_dyug/hqdefault.jpg "MST3K - Patrick Swayze Christmas") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZyJCV_dyug) ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/57 "2008-03-06T05:16:29Z")
I’m flipping through the channels and \*Road House \* is on. A scene in the bar with both Patrick Swayze and Jeff Healey. Fucking depressing. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/58 "2008-03-06T13:55:57Z")
Patrick Swayze has been married to the same woman for decades, is a dancer who presumably takes care of his body, and he gets cancer? Life is so fucking unfair sometimes. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![RumMunkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@RumMunkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RumMunkey)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/59 "2008-03-06T15:35:05Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] Patrick Swayze has been married to the same woman for decades, is a dancer who presumably takes care of his body, and he gets cancer? Life is so fucking unfair sometimes. ☹ [/QUOTE] So you’re saying… say, Britney Spears, what, _deserves_ cancer? ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/60 "2008-03-06T15:42:32Z")
[QUOTE=RumMunkey] So you’re saying… say, Britney Spears, what, _deserves_ cancer? [/QUOTE] Well…if someone \*has to \* get cancer… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207.md?page=4)