# Patrick Swayze is dying

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207>\
**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:** 5\
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**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/61 "2008-03-06T15:59:50Z")

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[QUOTE=Justin Credible]  
Well…if someone \*has to \* get cancer…  
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The girl’s only 25, give her time.

This is sad. I’ve never heard anyone accuse him of being a great actor, but I also never heard any of the typical Hollywood ego stories about Swayze. I hope he is able to recover and live out a healthy life.

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**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, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/62 "2008-03-06T16:47:16Z")

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[QUOTE=RumMunkey]  
So you’re saying… say, Britney Spears, what, _deserves_ cancer?  
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I wouldn’t say anyone _deserves_ cancer. Even a woman I know who used abortion for birth control and ended up with breast cancer.

But there are people you think would be more apt to get it because of their lifestyle, like the above person. Healthy people who respect their bodies should somehow be less apt to get it.

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/63 "2008-03-06T17:56:49Z")

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He may not be a great actor, per se, but he’s a fantastically talented dancer, and by all accounts, a really cool guy.

I loved _Dirty Dancing_ when I was ten (I think that’s when it came out), and I had a big poster of Johnny on my wall. And as cheesy as it is, _Ghost_ is a great chick flick.

(And “Patrick Swayze Christmas” rules)

This sucks. Sending him and his family my prayers and good wishes.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/64 "2008-03-06T21:15:20Z")

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[QUOTE=DMark]  
as is his wife…  
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I thought her name sounded familiar. I know a guy who made a film called _Beat Angel_. She was in it.

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**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-swayze-is-dying/440207/65 "2008-03-06T21:36:22Z")

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‘‘Pancreatic cancer picked me, and when it did it fucked up. I’m only good a one thing Doc, I never lose.’’

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