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How Patrick Swayze’s Wife Lisa Niemi Found Out About His Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis
Patrick Swayze’s wife, Lisa Niemi, recalls finding out about her husband's pancreatic cancer diagnosis and the days before the actor's death at 57 in 2009.
“When he first found out he had pancreatic cancer he turned to me and said, ‘I’m a dead man,'” Lisa, 67, said during an appearance on the “Amy and T.J. Podcast” on Monday, April 8. However, since Patrick was “knocked out” after the procedure due to being in “a lot of pain,” the doctors ended up telling Lisa of the prognosis first. It’s a beautiful day and he looked at me with tears in his eyes, he said, ‘I want to live,'” the choreographer, who married Albert DePrisco in 2014, candidly shared.
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