Posted on 02/14/2009 11:27:16 AM PST by lewisglad
Patrick Swayze cut a gaunt figure when he was spotted in public for the first time in weeks. The actor, who is fighting pancreatic cancer, looked gaunt and frail as he defiantly smoked a cigarette while waiting for wife Lisa Niemi in Beverly Hills.
Once famed for his athletic body and steamy routines in the 1987 hit movie Dirty Dancing, the actor now looks a shadow of his former self.
The 56-year-old smoked several cigarettes in under 10 minutes, according to onlookers, puffing big clouds of smoke out of the truck.'He was puffing away and appeared as if he didn't have a care in the world. It's so sad,' said one.
Reports from the US suggest that he has stopped treatment for the cancer, including chemotherapy, after experiencing extreme side-effects such as excruciating dental pain making it impossible to chew food.
The actor blows a plume of smoke out the window of his car, smoking several cigarettes in just 10 minutes
He is believed to have undergone dental surgery to repair his damaged gums and save his teeth.
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I wish I knew him. I meant I’m going to miss seeing him in movies and shows. Patrick Swayze was THE GUY in my age group. I mean, The Outsiders, Red Dawn, DIRTY DANCING!!!, and then as we all matured... Ghost. *sigh*
He is our Gary Cooper, you know?
It looks to me like he's using his mouth to smoke, not some hole in his belly.
My condolences to you for your loss.
I encourage all smokers to keep smoking and in fact I want them to double their intake. If it doesn’t cause cancer, then it shouldn’t matter and I want to make sure they are enjoying their smoking to the fullest extent. Inhale deeply! Light up! Enjoy yourselves!
Kirkwood is a riot at parties! :D
How is it even remotely any of your business?
Let me anticipate the usual socialist response: "We're ALL paying for it!!!"
Go ahead, say it. You know you're dying to.
The same pukes who keep saying a woman has a right to do what she wants with her body (abortion), are the same pukes making a stink over Swayze smoking. Their hypocrisy sucks.
The first episode wasn't great, but I've been watching it each week, and the characters and stories have grown on me. I thoroughly enjoyed Swayze in North & South.
It might help you if there were.
I can't seem to remember anything since they increased my Soma dosage.
Pavlov would be proud...
He's definitely one tough cookie. I've been amazed at some of the physical stunts he's done in his program. I don't know where he's gotten the strength to do some of them.
Stay out of his way.
Smoking can cause cancer anywhere in the body by altering the body’s chemistry and response to fighter cells, suppressing their activity. Once the cancer starts in one part of the body it can be transferred through any other part of the body via bloodstream.
If a person wants to smoke they should do it where they are not exposing others to cancer risks. If they are decent, caring human beings they will want to do that anyway. If they only care about themselves and say “be damned” to the rest of the world, I’m gonna do what I want, then they aren’t decent human beings, but selfish and inconsiderate.
He’s wearing different caps and different shirts in these pix, so clearly not taken the same day ...
... but who cares what he chooses to do? It’s his life, what little of it there seems to be left. Enjoy your smokes, Patrick, have a drink, do whatever you want in the time you have. Damn these smoking nazis.
I dunno. I prefer the older stars myself, as is probably evident from my screen name. ;)
Of course you would, all the while telling them the latest news you discovered how they could defy their inborn curse and then you’d be the first to carry their casket, merrily informing all in your midst how you had spent all your free time guiding the poor, stubborn thing as you cried yourself to sleep as she just couldn’t see the error of her wasteful ways...
I’m sorry for your loss, truly.
“If a person wants to smoke they should do it where they are not exposing others to cancer risks. If they are decent, caring human beings they will want to do that anyway.”
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Darn tootin’
And that goes for BBQ, wood smoke, cars, candles, aerosol fragrances, etc.
Can’t have any of that~
Wee, this is fun.....
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