Worth Fighting For, by Lisa Niemi Swayze

THE wife of Hollywood actor Patrick Swayze has penned a tell-all book, where she recounts their life together and battle against the Dirty Dancing star's pancreatic cancer before he died.

 

Respite: Patrick resting with his cat in the final stages of his battle with cancer

"He was gaunt, you could see the stress of the illness on his face, his belly pouched out from accumulated fluid, and he complained that his ankles were swollen like a little old lady’s. But every time I looked at him, I thought he was beautiful."

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Hollywood star Patrick Swayze with his wife Lisa at San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge

 

LISA NIEMI and PATRICK SWAYZE were married for thirty-four years. They first met as teenagers at his mother’s dance studio—he was older and just a bit cocky; she was the beautiful waif who refused to worship the ground he walked on. Through the years their marriage strained under the pressures that many do, but it was always a uniquely passionate and creative partnership.

Does she cover the part where he was gay?