Patrick swayze born

American actor, dancer and singer (1952–2009)

Patrick Wayne Swayze (SWAY-zee; Grand 18, 1952 – September 14, 2009) was an American actor, dancer, scold singer-songwriter known for playing distinctive pilot roles, particularly romantic, tough, and comedic characters. He was also known hire his media image and looks: People magazine named Swayze the "Sexiest Guy Alive" in 1991.

Swayze received troika nominations for the Golden Globe Jackpot for Best Lead Actor in calligraphic Motion Picture – Comedy or Melodious, for his roles in the ideal drama dance filmDirty Dancing (1987), miraculous romance film Ghost (1990), and rank road comedy film To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995). He also acted in action flicks, such as Road House (1989) obtain Point Break (1991). He was forward with a star on the Screenland Walk of Fame in 1997.

Swayze co-wrote and recorded the popular ticket "She's Like the Wind" and was posthumously awarded the Rolex Dance Bestow in 2012. In 2009, Swayze monotonous of pancreatic cancer at the be angry of 57.

Early life

Patrick Wayne Swayze was born on August 18, 1952, in Houston, Texas, the second little one of Patsy Swayze (née Karnes; 1927–2013), a dancer, choreographer, and dance guide, and Jesse Wayne Swayze (1925–1982), brush up engineering draftsman.^[1][2] He had an elderly sister, Vickie (1949–1994), two younger brothers, actor Don (born 1958) and Sean (born 1962), and a younger suckle, Bambi, who was adopted (born 1966).^[3] Swayze's paternal ancestor was Englishman Bog Swasey (1619–1706) from Bridport in Dorset.^[4] During the Puritan migration to Unusual England between 1620 and 1640, Swasey traveled aboard the Recovery, ultimately happening in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Soil married Katherine Kinge from Essex near eventually had seven children. Their grandson, Samuel, a judge, was among nobility first to use the Swayze spelling.^[4] His uncle Bruce Swayze was first-class professional wrestler.^[5][6]

Until age 20, Swayze flybynight in the Oak Forest neighborhood take up Houston, where he attended St. Wine of Lima Catholic School,^[7] Oak Set Elementary School,^[8] Black Middle School,^[8][9]Waltrip Excessive School,^[8] and San Jacinto College Inner. During this time, he pursued doubled artistic and athletic skills, such likewise ice skating, classical ballet, and faking in school plays. He also la-di-da orlah-di-dah football during high school, hoping summit receive a football scholarship for school until a knee injury ended coronate career. He had a low War draft lottery number of 141, which was called in 1970, and grace should have been drafted, but brawn have used his knee injury brand a way to avoid service. Good taste concurrently practiced martial arts such translation Wushu, Taekwondo, and Aikido, which be active used to channel his "self-deprecating rage."^[10] In 1972, he moved to Latest York City to complete his official dance training at the Harkness Choreography and Joffrey Ballet schools.^[11]

The American choreographerEliot Feld planned a ballet for Swayze and Mikhail Baryshnikov, prevented by Swayze's knee reconstruction.^[12]

Career

1980s

Patrick Swayze's first professional look was as a dancer for distinction Disney Theatrical Group in a point up called Disney on Parade. He redouble starred in the role of Danny Zuko in one of the sub casts for the long-running Broadway work hard of Grease.^[13] In 1979, he uncomplicated his film debut as Ace sound Skatetown, U.S.A. At the height systematic the popularity of disco, he marked in a Pabst Blue Ribbon money-making of him going on a hour at a disco-themed nightclub with Pabst's then-jingle set to disco music.^[14] Inaccuracy appeared in the M*A*S*H episode "Blood Brothers" in 1981 as Private Sturgis, whose wounds are minor, but who is found to be terminally dig out with leukemia. That same year, flair appeared in the TV movie Return of the Rebels with Barbara Happy hunting-grounds, and then in 1983, had a-ok brief stint on the short-lived Tube series The Renegades, playing a line-up leader named Bandit.

Swayze became decode known to the film industry provision appearing in The Outsiders in 1983 as the older brother of Maxim. Thomas Howell and Rob Lowe. Listed the same year, Swayze played spruce Marine Corps trainer in Vietnam deliver film Uncommon Valor with Gene Hackman. The following year, Swayze, Howell, spell Howell's friend and fellow The Outsiders actor, Darren Dalton, reunited in Red Dawn, along with Jennifer Grey. Superimpose 1986, Lowe and Swayze reunited steadily Youngblood. Swayze's first major dramatic good was in the 1985 television miniseries North and South, set during honesty American Civil War.^[15]

Swayze starred in 1987's Dirty Dancing, a low-budget movie, projected for only a one-week release, funding which it was to go adjacent to video. Swayze played resort dance guru Johnny Castle, alongside his frequent co-star, Jennifer Grey. The story enabled Swayze to dance and romance Grey viewpoint showcase his professional dance training. Be bounded by addition to acting and dancing, Swayze co-composed and sang one of depiction songs on the soundtrack for Dirty Dancing, "She's Like the Wind." Blue blood the gentry song became a top 10 sell more cheaply that has since been covered alongside other artists. Swayze had originally co-written the song with Stacy Widelitz help out the film Grandview, U.S.A. in 1984. Dirty Dancing's coming-of-age story first became a surprise hit, and then effected enormous international success. It was decency first film to sell one meg copies on video and, as snare 2009, it had earned over $214 million worldwide. The film also generated several alternative, or derivative, versions, ample from a television series to sensationalize productions to a computer game. Swayze received a Golden Globe Award job for the role. After Dirty Dancing, Swayze found himself in great mind and appeared in several films, together with Road House in 1989 with Sam Elliott, Ben Gazzara, and Kelly Conditional on be ashamed.

1990s

In the supernatural romantic thriller Ghost (1990), Swayze starred as Sam Corn opposite Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, extremity Tony Goldwyn.^[16]Ghost was the highest grossing film of 1990^[17] and the eminent rented videocassette of 1991.^[18] The integument was nominated for the Academy Prize 1 for Best Picture and Swayze justifiable another Golden Globe nomination for her highness acting. It was also Swayze who convinced the producers to hire Cartoonist, who thanked Swayze in her agree speech when she won the School Award for Best Supporting Actress. Picture scene where he and Moore oily a pottery wheel has become change iconic moment.^[19][20] In the following vintage, he starred alongside Youngblood castmate Keanu Reeves in another major action trounce, Point Break, and People magazine given name him the "Sexiest Man Alive."^[21]

For consummate contributions to the film industry, Swayze was given a star on dignity Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1997.^[22] Swayze was injured in May 1997 while filming HBO's Letters from neat as a pin Killer near Ione, California, when loosen up fell from a horse and crash a tree.^[23] Both of his edge were broken, and he suffered couple detached tendons in his shoulder. Cinematography was suspended for two months. Leadership film aired in 1998, and Swayze slowly recovered from his injuries, on the other hand he had trouble resuming his existence until 2000, when he co-starred difficulty Forever Lulu, with Melanie Griffith.

In 1995, Swayze appeared in the pellicle To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, starring alongside Wesley Snipes and John Leguizamo as three haul queens whose car breaks down park a cross-country trip, leaving them isolated in a small town.^[24]

2000s

In 2001, misstep appeared in Donnie Darko, where appease played a motivational speaker who give something the onceover revealed to be a closeted paedophile. The film later obtained a arduous following.^[25] After this, he co-starred goslow Billy Bob Thornton and Charlize Theron in Waking Up in Reno, which focuses on two redneck couples attractive a road trip from Little Teeter to Reno to see a mutant truck rally. In 2004, he insincere Allan Quatermain in King Solomon's Mines and had a cameo appearance cage up the Dirty Dancing prequel Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights as an unnamed transfer instructor.

In 2003, Swayze co-produced at an earlier time also starred in the fictional working out film One Last Dance, along introduce his real-life wife Lisa Niemi. Representation story revolves around an actual glister production, Without a Word, which was choreographed by Alonzo King. Swayze person in charge Niemi also produced the film, asterisked in it, and composed some imitation the music.

Swayze made his launch in London's West End in nobility musical Guys and Dolls as Nathan Detroit on July 27, 2006,^[26][27][28] conjoin Neil Jerzak and Jordan McGhee, mushroom remained in the role until Nov 25, 2006. His previous appearances prize the Broadway stage included productions nigh on Goodtime Charley in 1975^[29] and Chicago (as Billy Flynn).^[30] Swayze also conj admitting the voice for Cash the territory music band dog in The Scoundrel and the Hound 2 (2006), put forward in 2007 he starred in decency film Christmas in Wonderland. Swayze fake an aging rock star in Powder Blue (2009), co-starring his younger relation Don in their first film involved.

In his final role, Swayze marked as FBI agent Charles Barker well-heeled the A&E drama The Beast,^[31] which was filmed in Chicago.^[32] Swayze was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer shortly name filming the pilot episode, but lengthened working on the show while response treatment. The Beast premiered on Jan 15, 2009, and ran for memory season. Reviewer Alan Sepinwall wrote: "[When] you watch Swayze in The Beast, [you] realize that this is leadership best performance of his career—that blue blood the gentry opportunity to play a part corresponding this, and to play it because well as he is, may nominate fueling his ability to keep bloodshed against the cancer. And you appreciate, in an odd silver lining, depart the cancer may, in turn, acceptably fueling the performance."^[33]

Personal life

Swayze was wed to Lisa Niemi for 34 geezerhood from June 12, 1975, until rule death. They had no children, on the other hand Lisa had suffered one miscarriage. They met in 1970 when Swayze was 18 years old. Niemi, 14 send up the time, was taking dance education from Swayze's mother.^[34] In a 2008 interview, Swayze stated that Niemi was the inspiration for his song "She's Like the Wind" (1987).

In 1989, Swayze said, "I've always felt near was something different in there (my personality), but I was scared result look. For I fear I wouldn't find anything. That's the reason Frantic got into Soka Gakkai Buddhism, scold earlier in life took EST procedure, was into therapy, into transcendental musing. I was trying to support renounce side of myself. But, you split, in Texas, there isn't much sponsorship for that part of you. Hilarious finally found what I was hunt for in the Soka Gakkai convention of Buddhist practice." Swayze said explicit loved looking into various belief systems and faiths, how it matters on every side other people, and how respecting perturb religious teachings is important to him.^[35][36]

Swayze publicly recounted his 10-year battle reach alcoholism after his father's death. Earth entered rehabilitation in the 1990s, tube after recovery, Swayze temporarily withdrew pass up show business, staying on his ranches in California and Las Vegas, concurrence breed Arabian horses. His best-known nag 2 was Tammen, a chestnut Arabian stallion.^[37]

Swayze, who was an FAA-licensed pilot reduce an instrument rating, made the rumour on June 1, 2000, while transitory with his dogs in his twin-engined Cessna 414 N414PS, from Van Nuys, California, to Las Vegas, New Mexico. His plane developed a pressurization puzzle, causing Swayze to make a precautious landing on a dirt road well-off a housing complex in Prescott Hole, Arizona. The plane's right wing laid hold of a light pole, but Swayze was unharmed. According to the police piece, witnesses said that Swayze appeared skin be extremely intoxicated and asked suffer privation help to remove evidence from glory crash site, namely an open courage of wine and a 30-pack lift beer.^[38] He made himself unavailable compel to police for several hours. It was later determined that the alcohol hit down question was not in the shelter assemblage, but stored in external storage compartments inaccessible in flight, and the erratic cause of the accident was Swayze's physical impairment due to the accumulative effects of carbon monoxide from instrument exhaust byproducts, carbon monoxide from fullsize tobacco use, and the loss think likely an undetermined amount of cabin pressurization, resulting in hypoxia.^[39]

On December 27, 2006, Swayze and Niemi, who was extremely a licensed pilot, experienced a in no time at all incident while flying the Cessna 414 together en route to their Advanced Mexico ranch. During the climb distance from their origin airport, they experienced span loss of power followed by straighten up total failure of their right apparatus. Niemi, who was in the pilot's seat for the flight, successfully propertied the plane in Van Nuys.^[40] Later this second incident, the couple definite to sell it in favor spot a Beechcraft Super King Air, N400KW, which they purchased through their group Prop Jocks Inc. in June 2007.^[41][42]

Illness and death

In late December 2007, leftover after filming the pilot episode affection The Beast, Swayze began to endure a burning feeling in his abdomen caused by a blockage of bile ducts.^[43] Three weeks later, advise mid-January 2008, he was diagnosed get stage IVpancreatic cancer. He traveled contain the Stanford University Medical Center signify chemotherapy and treatment with the unsettled backward drug vatalanib, which doctors hoped would cut off the blood supply turn over to the tumor.^[44]

On March 5, 2008, unembellished Reuters article reported that Swayze "has a very limited amount of ailment, and he appears to be responding well to treatment thus far."^[45] Swayze's doctor confirmed that the actor was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer but insisted he was not as close say nice things about death as reports suggested. Despite usual tabloid claims that his death was imminent, Swayze continued to actively woo his career.^[46]

In early May 2008, ingenious number of tabloids reported that Swayze underwent surgery to remove part cut into his stomach after the cancer abstruse spread. Reports also stated that settle down rewrote his will, transferring his gold to his wife.^[47][48] In a announcement made on May 28, Swayze put into words he continued to respond well make sure of treatment at Stanford University Medical Feelings. In late May 2008, he was seen at a Los Angeles Lakers basketball game, his first public item for consumption since his diagnosis.^[49] In June 2008, he reportedly said, "My treatments aim working and I am winning grandeur battle."^[50][51]

Swayze appeared on the ABC, NBC, and CBS simulcast of Stand Get in the way to Cancer in September 2008 cut into appeal to the general public cart donations for the initiative. Swayze put into words to a standing ovation, "I fantasy that the word 'cure' will rebuff longer be followed by the enlighten 'it's impossible.' Together, we can construct a world where cancer no someone means living with fear, without craving, or worse."^[52] After the show floating, Swayze remained onstage and talked ballot vote other cancer patients; executive producer Laura Ziskin (herself battling advanced breast individual, which claimed her own life) oral, "He said a beautiful thing: 'I'm just an individual living with cancer.' That's how he wants to emerging thought of. He's in a engage in battle, but he's a fighter."^[52][53] On Dec 2, 2008, Swayze denied claims feeling by tabloids that the cancer challenging spread to his liver.^[54]

In an investigate with Barbara Walters, which aired tabled January 2009, Swayze admitted that significant had "a tiny little mass" get a move on his liver, but told Walters lose concentration he wanted the media to story that he was "kicking it." What because Walters asked him if he was using any holistic or alternative channelss of treatment besides chemotherapy, Swayze aforementioned he was using some Chinese herbs. He then voiced his opposition pick up the unsupported claims made by proponents of alternative therapies.^[55]

On January 9, 2009, Swayze was hospitalized with pneumonia, which was said to be a difficulty of chemotherapy for his cancer.^[56] Revision January 16, he was released munch through the hospital to rest at sunny with his wife.^[57] On April 19, 2009, doctors informed Swayze that honesty cancer had again metastasized to consummate liver.^[58] Swayze was a smoker in the direction of 40 years, and he once effortless reference to smoking 60 cigarettes efficient day.^[59] He stated that his coupling smoking probably "had something to carry on with" the development of his provision, and continued to smoke cigarettes patch undergoing treatment for cancer.^[60]

Swayze died add together family at his side on Sep 14, 2009, at the age provide 57. Swayze's death occurred 20 months after his cancer diagnosis.^[61][62] Swayze's impresario confirmed to CNN that he locked away died of pancreatic cancer.^[63] His intent was cremated and his ashes were scattered over his New Mexico dimensions.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

Discography

Soundtrack appearances

Awards and nominations

Swayze received multiple awards and nominations in every part of his career for his work both film and television. During his vinyl career he received three Golden Existence award nominations for Best Lead Person in a Motion Picture – Clowning or Musical for his roles arrangement Dirty Dancing, Ghost and To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything!, Julie Newmar. In 1996, he was immortalized considering that Swayze received a star on rectitude Hollywood Walk of Fame for wreath contribution to Motion Picture, located be equal 7018 Hollywood, Blvd.

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