Danielle Swazye is used to being in the public eye — after all, she’s the niece of late Dirty Dancing actor Patrick Swayze. But Danielle’s now fallen under public scrutiny for an entirely different reason: The 23-year-old recently wed a neo-Nazi linked to an assassination plot against President Barak Obama.
Two years after his untimely death of pancreatic cancer at the age of 57, a wax likeness of actor Patrick Swayze was presented to the public on Tuesday by his wife, Lisa Niemi.
Dirty Dancing isn’t the only Patrick Swayze classic up for a remake. On Monday, Warner Brothers revealed its plans to reboot Swayze’s 1991 action flick Point Break, which featured an ensemble cast that included Keanu Reeves, Gary Busey, and Tank Girl’s Lori Petty.
Partick Swayze’s widow is selling the New Mexico ranch where the Dirty Dancing actor spent his final days, a new report claims.
Lisa Niemi was married to Swayze for 34 years, and was devastated when the popular actor died after a lengthy battle against pancreatic cancer last September. Niemi has decided to part with the horse ranch her husband loved because she can no longer cope with being there all alone, tattles reveal in the Feb. 29 issue of The National Enquirer. Lisa, 53, recently told pals she still feels the Ghost actor’s presence when she’s at home.
“The ranch holds a lot of good memories for Lisa of her life with Patrick, but she is having a hard time continuing to live in the house where he died,” says one source — who claims Lisa has been seeing a psychic to help her work through her grief. “Lisa is so lost without Patrick, she has consulted a psychic. She wants to know he is at peace or if there is any way to get a message to him or if she can hear anything Patrick has to say to her. She has flown the psychic to California and also talks to her frequently on the phone. She seems to feel better after their sessions.”
Niemi led a discussion on grief and shared memories of her beloved Patrick at the California Women’s Conference 2009 in Long Beach last October.
Lisa Niemi, the widow of actor Patrick Swayze, has established a cancer research fund in the late star’s
name.
The Ghost star underwent treatment for pancreatic cancer at Stanford University before losing his battle against the disease in September. Lisa wants to show her thanks to the medical professionals who worked tirelessly for two years to save Patrick’s life. She’s working with the San Francisco center to set up the Patrick Swayze Pancreas Cancer Research Fund.
“Stanford University is coalescing existing research activities on pancreas cancer to form a Pancreas Cancer Center. Our wonderful Dr. George Fisher (who treated Patrick), is involved with all this and setting up this fund in Patrick’s name.”