Patrick Swayze
Personal life
Swayze has been married to Lisa Niemi since 1975. The couple first met in 1970, when Niemi, then age 16, was taking dance lessons from Swayze's mother. Niemi was born in Houston, Texas, to her Finnish-American parents, Edmond Melvin Haapaniemi and Edna Karin Hyttinen.
As a reaction to his father's death by heart attack in 1982, Swayze began to drink heavily. His sister Vicky died in 1994, leading him to seek treatment for alcoholism. After initial recovery, he temporarily withdrew from show business, retreating to his ranches in California and Las Vegas, New Mexico, to breed Arabian horses. His best-known horse was the late Tammen, a chestnut Arabian stallion.
Swayze, a licensed pilot with an instrument rating, made the news again on June 1, 2000, while flying with his dogs in his twin-engine Cessna from Van Nuys, California to Las Vegas, New Mexico. His plane developed a pressurization problem over northern Arizona, causing Swayze to make a precautionary landing on a dirt road i
More about Patrick Swayze (From Wikipedia)
Patrick Wayne Swayze (born August 18, 1952) is an American actor, dancer, and singer-songwriter. He is best-known as a romantic leading man in films such as Dirty Dancing (1987) and read more...
Early Life
Career
Personal Life
Swayze has been married to Lisa Niemi since 1975. The couple first met in 1970, when Niemi, then age 16, was taking dance lessons from Swayze's mother. Niemi was born in Houston, Texas, read more...
Health
Swayze was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in late January 2008, and has been undergoing chemotherapy and other treatments at the Stanford University Medical Center. A March 5, 2008, read more...