Patrick Swayze was survived by his spouse and siblings after his tragic demise.
Swayze, finest identified for starring roles in Soiled Dancing and Ghost, died in September 2009 after battling pancreatic most cancers. He was 54.
“You already know, when he first discovered he had pancreatic most cancers he turned to me and stated, ‘I’m a lifeless man,’” Swayze’s spouse, Lisa Niemi, recalled throughout a 2024 look on the “Amy and T.J.” podcast. “I didn’t know a lot about pancreatic most cancers, however he did, and from what he knew anytime you heard somebody had had pancreatic most cancers it was like, ‘Nicely, he’s out of right here.’”
She continued, “Certain sufficient, the physician stated, ‘You already know, you possibly can go forward and deal with it and be as aggressive as you need, however do take into consideration getting your affairs so as sooner fairly than later.’”
Swayze and Niemi have been married for 34 years earlier than his demise.
“It brings up recollections which can be, , not all that nice,” Niemi added on the time. “I do know what these folks really feel prefer to struggle for any individual they love. And to do it with a illness that has so little assets. It’s like, ‘Yeah, all of us acquired to go in some unspecified time in the future however give us a combating likelihood.’”
Preserve scrolling to satisfy Niemi and the remainder of Swayze’s household:
Patsy and Jesse Wayne Swayze
Patrick’s mom, Patsy, died in September 2013 on the age of 86, almost 30 years after her husband died. (Jesse Wayne suffered a deadly coronary heart assault in 1982 on the age of 57.)
“He was the rock our household was constructed on,” Patrick recalled of his father in his The Time of My Life memoir, which was revealed posthumously in 2010. “A gentle and steady presence in our lives. In some methods we have been nurtured extra by my father than by my mom.”
Don Swayze
Along with Patrick, Patsy and Jesse Wayne had 4 different kids. Their oldest son was Don, who is also an actor. His credit embrace All Saints Day, The place the Wind Blows, On Swift Horses and Sons of Thunder.
Vicki Lynn Swayze
Patrick’s sister Vicki Lynn died in 1994 on the age of 45.
“Her demise modified my life,” the late actor advised the Each day Mail in 2005. “It was arduous to not really feel accountable, that I might have completed one thing to forestall it. I needed to discover one thing to imagine in, exterior of myself, to beat the guilt and blame I felt — significantly in Vicky’s case. The one factor you are able to do in these circumstances is to search out some sort of which means. You must … honor the spirit of the individual you will have misplaced for so long as you reside.”
Sean Swayze
Brother Sean died in December 2025 on the age of 63 following problems from liver illness. A demise certificates obtained by TMZ confirmed that Sean died from an acute higher gastrointestinal bleed and extreme metabolic acidosis introduced on by cirrhosis of the liver, which is usually brought on by frequent alcohol use.
Bambi Swayze
Patsy and Jesse Wayne adopted daughter Bambi after welcoming their 4 older kids.
“My] youthful siblings, Donny, Sean, and Bambi, additionally felt the fixed stress to carry out in no matter actions they undertook,” Patrick wrote in his guide. “We known as it ‘rising up Swayze’ — an virtually manic drive to be the perfect, do essentially the most, and lead the pack.”
Lisa Niemi
Patrick Swayze and Lisa Niemi in 2004. Carlo Allegri/Getty Photographs
Patrick and Niemi have been married from 1975 till his 2009 demise. Three years later, Niemi moved on with jeweler Albert DePrisco and so they wed in Might 2014.
“Patrick remains to be with me. I nonetheless have a relationship with him,” Niemi stated on the “Amy and T.J.” podcast in 2024, defending her resolution to remarry. “He’s bodily not right here, [but] daily he’s with me and I really feel him there. I actually fell in love with Albert, and … it was attention-grabbing to see the way it didn’t have an effect on my love for Patrick one bit.”
