Overview
- In a new Us Weekly interview, Lisa Niemi Swayze says the family kept parts of Patrick Swayze’s cancer battle private.
- She recalls doctors giving him five months and says he lived 22 months and kept acting during treatment before his death in 2009.
- She says a Pancreatic Cancer Action Network event gave her a way to keep his fight going, and she now advocates for research and patient support.
- She describes an ongoing bond, saying she talks to him, hears his voice, and keeps his photos at home.
- Years later she married Albert DePrisco in 2014 and quotes his support for her continuing love for Patrick.