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<\/p>\nDue to its moving storyline and innovative dance choreography, both of which many others have tried to replicate over the years, Dirty Dancing has become a cultural touchstone.<\/p>\n
When People magazine named actor Patrick Swayze the sexiest man alive in 1991, it created quite a stir all across the world.<\/p>\n
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Young Patrick became deeply passionate about dancing after starting to spend time with the Houston Jazz Ballet Company, <\/p>\n
where his mother held the post of director. There, he met Lisa Niemi, the woman who would eventually become his wife.<\/p>\n
Naturally, Lisa and Patrick were still fairly young when they first met, and they didn’t start dating until much later in life. <\/p>\n
Many people believed that the love the couple enjoyed was the most real and honest love that had ever existed when they got married in 1975.<\/p>\n
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Nothing, not even Patrick’s tremendous fame, changed their relationship with the lady who would become his lifelong partner and whom he would spend the rest of his life with.<\/p>\n
Because of his tremendous passion for dancing, Patrick’s companions often made fun of him, but in the end, it was this zeal that helped him land the illustrious role of Johnny Castle.<\/p>\n
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But he was never given the chance to become a father, therefore what he really want was to be a dad.<\/p>\n
The miscarriage of his wife’s pregnancy meant that they were unable to conceive a child together. The actor was going through a very trying situation at this time.<\/p>\n
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In the documentary, his manager, Kate Edwards, would subsequently state: \u2018Patrick very much wanted to be a <\/p>\n
father because I think he wanted to be as good a father to his child as his dad had been to him.\u2019<\/p>\n
In the year 2007, Patrick received a Stage 4 pancreatic cancer diagnosis. Overnight, his physical appearance underwent a significant transformation.<\/p>\n
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The world is in mourning following the terrible death of the 57-year-old Ghost star.<\/p>\n
He left a $40 million bequest to his wife and bought his mother a house, but Lisa claimed that her late spouse had been mistreated by his mother when he was a child after her husband’s passing.<\/p>\n
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They later claimed Lisa had sold Patrick’s possessions, including the leather jacket he wore in Dirty Dancing, on eBay.<\/p>\n
Lisa remarried in 2014. She said that her new spouse, jeweler Albert DePriscan, knew she still harbored affections for Patrick. <\/p>\n
Lisa wrote a touching eulogy to the actor to be sent on the 11th anniversary of his departure.<\/p>\n
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On the 11th anniversary of his passing, we honor the life of a man who was extraordinarily resilient, <\/p>\n