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Author Topic: Hats off to Patrick Swayze: 1952 - 2009  (Read 2661 times)

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Re: Hats off to Patrick Swayze: 1952 - 2009
« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2009, 08:59:21 pm »
Very sad, but at least he is out of pain.  :(
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Re: Hats off to Patrick Swayze: 1952 - 2009
« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2009, 10:18:17 pm »
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Re: Hats off to Patrick Swayze: 1952 - 2009
« Reply #3 on: September 15, 2009, 05:40:45 am »
Heard it on the news this morning, very sad indeed. He's been ill for the last 2 years with it. All the news channels are of course mentioning dirty dancing and ghost, but I did a quick search on IMDB to recap some of the stuff he was in. Pretty impressive.....

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000664/

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Re: Hats off to Patrick Swayze: 1952 - 2009
« Reply #4 on: September 15, 2009, 10:14:47 am »
I really never get the point of these threads....

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Well, this was where I learned he was dead. I check this site more often than anywhere else.

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Re: Hats off to Patrick Swayze: 1952 - 2009
« Reply #5 on: September 15, 2009, 10:30:37 am »
I really never get the point of these threads....

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So people can share memories of the guy.

Of course, some posters (on facebook for instance) are hoping to be the 'breaking news' to their friends. My mom-in-law does this, but she's always a least 24 hours behind. It's really bad when we're over there on the weekend and she is catching up on Thursday's newspaper.  ::)

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Re: Hats off to Patrick Swayze: 1952 - 2009
« Reply #6 on: September 15, 2009, 11:27:12 pm »
He wasn't looking good two or three months ago, despite all his words and types of treatments. I was kinda waiting for the end.

One thing I was curious about at the very beginning was, why?  I mean, he was a healthy and fit lad years ago. Had been a dancer, was gymnast quality-fit. What happened?
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Re: Hats off to Patrick Swayze: 1952 - 2009
« Reply #7 on: September 15, 2009, 11:39:54 pm »
it all falls back to this "If it's your turn, it's your turn".


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Re: Hats off to Patrick Swayze: 1952 - 2009
« Reply #8 on: September 16, 2009, 08:09:07 am »
He wasn't looking good two or three months ago, despite all his words and types of treatments. I was kinda waiting for the end.

One thing I was curious about at the very beginning was, why?  I mean, he was a healthy and fit lad years ago. Had been a dancer, was gymnast quality-fit. What happened?

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Re: Hats off to Patrick Swayze: 1952 - 2009
« Reply #9 on: September 16, 2009, 08:15:02 am »

It is probably fair to say he survived longer because of his strong starting condition, though. 

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Re: Hats off to Patrick Swayze: 1952 - 2009
« Reply #10 on: September 16, 2009, 09:14:39 am »
Smoking causes more cancers than just lung.  It's most popularly known for causing lung cancer, but there is a /very/ strong link between smoking and pancreatic cancer.  And Patrick smoked like a chimney.

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Re: Hats off to Patrick Swayze: 1952 - 2009
« Reply #11 on: September 16, 2009, 09:36:55 am »

Ironically a lot of dancers do... "keeps the weight down"...

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Re: Hats off to Patrick Swayze: 1952 - 2009
« Reply #12 on: September 18, 2009, 12:31:16 am »
Smoking causes more cancers than just lung.  It's most popularly known for causing lung cancer, but there is a /very/ strong link between smoking and pancreatic cancer.  And Patrick smoked like a chimney.

I was thinking there was something like this, that I couldn't recall specifically.



Ironically a lot of dancers do... "keeps the weight down"...

And, mildly put, they seem to be pretty high-strung, anxious. Of course, there's the 'artsy-type' element, too.
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Re: Hats off to Patrick Swayze: 1952 - 2009
« Reply #13 on: September 18, 2009, 10:57:38 am »
And the fact that he was a recovering alcoholic didn't help either.

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Re: Hats off to Patrick Swayze: 1952 - 2009
« Reply #14 on: September 18, 2009, 11:37:38 am »
I really never get the point of these threads....

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When you die, we'll be sure not to have one of these threads. ;)
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Re: Hats off to Patrick Swayze: 1952 - 2009
« Reply #15 on: September 18, 2009, 11:52:15 am »
One thing I was curious about at the very beginning was, why?  I mean, he was a healthy and fit lad years ago. Had been a dancer, was gymnast quality-fit. What happened?

That's the first thing I thought.

it all falls back to this "If it's your turn, it's your turn".


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