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Actress Suzanne Somers, who is herself a cancer survivor, thinks that chemotherapy has killed Patrick Swayze. "They took a beautiful man" and "put poison in his body," the New York Post quoted her as saying. Somers, who has a book about cancer coming out next month, said: "Why couldn''t they have built him up nutritionally and gotten rid of the toxins? . . . I hate to be this controversial . . . but I have to speak out."

When the witness asked the pilot if he was all right, the pilot answered that he was, but he seemed to be unaware that his airplane had impacted poles during the landing. The pilot subsequently asked the witness if the wildfires had reached his ranch. The witness stated that he didn't know where the pilot's ranch was. The pilot then asked the witness if he could put some beer that his brother left in the airplane, in the witness' truck. Another witness asked what happened, and the pilot said, "I don't know, I land here almost every other day." They...

Has any mainstream media outlet mentioned the Patrick Swayze movie that made moonbats nuts during the Reagan era? A Politically Incorrect Vision of Guerilla War by John Milius When Hollywood decides to make a “controversial” film, it is usually about a subject or theme that the Hollywood community, which tends to be to the left of the political spectrum, agrees on and the movie watching audience does not. In 1984, director John Milius, fresh from successful films like The Wind and the Lion and Conan the Barbarian, decided to create controversy in a different way. He made Red Dawn, a...

Patrick Swayze, the actor and classically trained dancer whose role in the enduringly popular "Dirty Dancing" made him a movie star, one who struggled with the alienation of fame and against being typecast as a leading man, died Monday. He was 57.

LOS ANGELES - Patrick Swayze, the hunky actor who danced his way into viewers' hearts with "Dirty Dancing" and then broke them with "Ghost," died Monday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 57.

Patrick Swayze has died after a nearly two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Swayze's publicist Annett Wolf says the 57-year-old "Dirty Dancing" actor died Monday with family at his side. He came forward about his illness last spring, but continued working as he underwent treatments. It was 1987 when Swayze became a star with his performance in "Dirty Dancing," a coming-of-age story set in a Catskills resort. The 1990 film "Ghost" cemented his status as a screen favorite. Swayze played a murdered man trying to communicate with his fiancee through a spirit played by Whoopi Goldberg.

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For sufferers of pancreatic cancer there is often little hope. With 7,600 diagnoses each year - three per cent of all cancer cases - it is the UK's fifth most common cause of cancer death. Prognosis is usually poor: only about 13 per cent survive longer than a year after diagnosis, and only three per cent beyond five years. When Dirty Dancing star Patrick Swayze was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in early 2008, many predicted he would not survive 12 months. Shocking pictures taken in April showed the former Hollywood heart-throb looking frail and gaunt, prompting fears he was dying....

When we found out that Patrick Swayze had pancreatic cancer, we thought, “oh no, he won’t be around long.” We thought this because we know the statistics for surviving pancreatic cancer are not good, only thirteen percent. This is not to say that Swayze cannot survive this cancer . He was a healthy, fit, person, who took good care of himself before this diagnosis. Swayze does not fit the mold of a pancreatic cancer patient. Most of these patients are in their 60’s and 70’s, and are usually heavy drinkers, heavy smokers with poor diets that include lots of fats....

This is one of those things that makes you feel old. Some movie publicists tell me that Thursday is the 25th anniversary of an important movie, "Red Dawn," which depicts a Soviet Communist invasion of America and a band of American teens--the "Wolverines"--who heroically fight them off. (IMDB differs and says it was released on August 10, 1984, so I'll repost on this, again, then.) American Cinemathique sent me word that the organization will be marking "Red Dawn's" 25th anniversary with a special showing and discussion at the historic, restored Aero Theatre in Santa Monica, on Thursday Night at 7:30...

Patrick Swayze is a shadow of his former self as cancer takes its toll By Daily Mail Reporter 15th April 2009 Patrick Swayze's pancreatic cancer is clearly exacting a heavy toll on the ailing star. A rail thin Swayze, now virtually bald having lost his hair as a result of treatment, looked a shadow of his former self during an outing in Los Angeles. With his clothes hanging from his reduced frame, the actor was barely recognisable as he walked to his car. The 56-year-old edged along the roadside, gripping hold of a nearby post for support as his brother...

Patrick Swayze is down to 105lbs according to the new issue of The National Enquirer and it has the photos to prove it. Plus, the magazine is promising to reveal Patrick Swayze’s final promise. How will this issue of the Enquirer, now being co-run by Steve Plamann and Julia Coates, sell on the newsstand? It is the cover everybody will be talking about. The pictures are shocking. Patrick is clearly much skinnier than the last time we saw him on the cover of The National Enquirer - which is really sad. The combination of the photographs with the specific main...

Patrick Swayze is hoping to kickstart the cancer fight in Congress. The stricken star has penned a letter to legislators, pleading with them to increase funding for research into the disease—including helping find a cure for his own pancreatic cancer. "With Congress about to decide how much money to include for medical research as part of the economic stimulus package, the time has come to take my personal fight to a larger stage," Swayze wrote in an open letter published in Sunday's Washington Post.

I'm Battling Cancer. How About Some Help, Congress?By Patrick Swayze Sunday, February 8, 2009; Page B04 For me, fighting cancer is personal. Ever since I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in January 2008, I've been waging an intense, often hellacious battle. It's me (with a lot of love and medical support) against my disease. **SNIP** Our individual battles should also be national ones. With Congress about to decide how much money to include for medical research as part of the economic stimulus package, the time has come to take my personal fight to a larger stage. My message to our...

Cancer-stricken Patrick Swayze 'stops treatment after doctors say there is little they can do' By Jane Bunce 29th January 2009 Actor Patrick Swayze has reportedly given up chemotherapy Cancer-stricken movie star Patrick Swayze has reportedly given up all medical treatment. The 56-year-old is said to have made the decision after doctors told him there was little they could do to stop the progress of his illness, according to reports from US magazine The National Enquirer. The Dirty Dancing star was diagnosed twelve months ago with pancreatic cancer, one of the most virulent forms of the disease. Medical experts say most...

Patrick Swayze checked himself into the hospital this morning suffering from a bout of pneumonia, which is said to be a complication of chemotherapy treatments for his pancreatic cancer. Swayze appeared on television this week, giving an exclusive interview with Barbara Walters about his battle with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Swayze was scheduled to join his fellow co-star and producers in presenting A&E's new drama The Beast to critics, which he stars in. After realizing he would be too ill to make it, according to A&E reps, Patrick asked that the show go on and that they pass along a...

He may show a brave face in public and on the set of his new television drama “The Beast,” but Patrick Swayze has admitted his day-to-day battle with pancreatic cancer is scary. “There’s a lot of fear here,” Patrick told Barbara Walters during a new sit-down interview with the actor and his wife, Lisa Niemi, airing Wednesday on ABC. “There’s a lot of stuff goin’ on. Yeah, I’m scared. Yeah, I’m angry. Yeah, I’m [like], ‘Why me?’ Yeah, I’m all this stuff.” The star of such Hollywood blockbusters as “Dirty Dancing” and “Ghost” confirmed he is suffering from pancreatic cancer...

Washington (ANI): Cancer-stricken movie star Patrick Swayze is expected to reprise his role in the sequel to the hit 1991 film 'Point Break'. If his health allows, the 55-year-old star would be reliving his character of 'Bodhi' for the film, reports Contactmusic. According to The Sun, the sequel is due to be shot in Singapore and Indonesia, however, the cast for the movie is as yet unconfirmed. Earlier this year, Swazye had confirmed that he was suffering from pancreatic cancer. The 'Dirty Dancing' legend has reportedly readied his will, transferring his property worth millions to his wife of 32 years....

Report: Patrick Swayze Diagnosed With Pancreatic Cancer, Has Five Weeks to Live Wednesday, March 05, 2008 "Dirty Dancing" star Patrick Swayze was diagnosed in late January with pancreatic cancer that has spread to other organs and he has five weeks left to live, according to the National Enquirer. For the past month, Patrick, 55, has been traveling to Stanford University's prestigious cancer center in Palo Alto for radical chemotherapy, but his doctors no longer are optimistic that the treatments will be successful, the Enquirer says. According to the Enquirer, Patrick and his wife, Lisa Niemi — who both have pilot's...

Dirty Dancing star Patrick Swayze has defended actor Mel Gibson following his recent drink-drive arrest, during which he made derogatory remarks about Jews. "I feel really bad for Mel," said the 50-year-old, who insisted the Mad Max star was "not anti-Semitic". "People say stupid things when they happen to have a few," he told GMTV. "Hands deserved to be slapped if you do something stupid, but don't take it too far." Swayze is currently performing in Guys and Dolls in London's West End. The actor, who appears alongside former Brookside regular Claire Sweeney in the musical, was forced to postpone...