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Lisa Niemi Swayze Shares New Reflections on Patrick Swayze’s Illness, Legacy, and Life After Loss

She says caregiving’s toll pushed her toward pancreatic cancer advocacy.

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.