Wednesday, January 7, 2009

The Beast, Patrick Swayze Talks The Big C With Barbara Walters

Patrick Swayze spills his guts to Barbara Walters tonight on ABC's one on one Special between Patrick Swayze and Barbara Walters. They talk about his Stage IV Pancreatic cancer and his chances of staying alive.
Barabara talks matter-of-fact to Patrick and asks him tough questions. Were you a smoker, are you still smoking, who told you you had pancreatic cancer, how was Chemotheraphy and are you trying alternative medicince?
In the interview you can hear the anger and fright in his demeanor as he responds to Barbara's questions.
Patrick Swayze has been married since 1975 to Lisa Niemi.
Swayze appeared on the ABC, NBC, and CBS simulcast of Stand Up to Cancer in September 2008, to appeal to the general public for donations for the initiative. Swayze said to a standing ovation, "I dream that the word 'cure' will no longer be followed by the words 'it's impossible'. Together we can make a world where cancer no longer means living with fear, without hope, or worse". After the show ended, Swayze lingered onstage and talked to other cancer survivors; executive producer Laura Ziskin said, "He said a beautiful thing: 'I'm just an individual living with cancer.' That's how he wants to be thought of. He's in a fight, but he's a fighter".
Swayze, who starred in the films Dirty Dancing and Ghost, is now filming a new TV show called "The Beast", where he plays an undercover FBI agent in A&E Network’s drama pilot”.

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