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Posted on 04/15/2009 12:03:51 PM PDT by Steelfish
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 Don waited in a car park to take him to an appointment.
Frail: (Pic in URL) Actor Patrick Swayze was seen in Los Angeles looking startlingly frail, having lost weight and his hair as cancer takes its toll on the Ghost star
US magazine The National Enquirer said the Dirty Dancing star's weight had dropped to just 7st 5lbs (47.6 kilos).
However friend and actress Whoopi Goldberg said: 'You know what, he’s doing what everybody else is doing, he’s taking it one day at a time.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Terminal cancer is bad enough without newspaper articles discussing how you are deteriorating. Why doesn’t the press leave him alone? Why was this posted to FR?
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Damn... I’ve always liked Patrick’s movies... Looks like there never will be any sequels... sad news.
AWESOME tag line :)
Thoughts and prayers for Patrick.
I can understand how you are feeling about this... but I can think of two reasons why this information is relevant to Freepers... those who really enjoyed Patrick as an actor can feel for his odyssey. The second is Patrick himself came out last year... and publicly said he had cancer.
Agree to a point. Once it appears in the MSM, the privacy is lost. Walling off FReepers from sad news upon which prayers are often offered is not something we do here.
In some respects I agree but he is moving forward one day at a time and as far as I can tell not bitching about the cancer but living his life. It is in many respects inspiring. May the Lord bless him.
His movies were too good to have to do sequels
According to the article, he’s been married to the same woman for 33 years.
Rare these days for regular people, let alone Hollywood.
Thank you !!!!
Every time I see a Bluetooth, I think “brain cancer magnet”.
The miracle is there for the asking, and for each one of us.
Even better, its eternal.
Pray Mr Swayze, & anyone else in need, ask.
And prayers for an end to people getting cancers.
He may be thin and bald, but he is still beautiful.
You guys are going to hate this, but one of my favorite Swayze movies he plays a transvestite, along with John Legazamo and Wesley Snipes. Too Wong Foo, Thank you for everything, Julie Newmar - he was very good in it.
My husband even enjoyed it, which floored me.
Keep up the fight, Patrick.
Dang, poor guy.
The guy has guts!!! God speed to him.
Prayers for a miracle that only the Lord can deliver.........Amen!
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