Patrick Swayze
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Where have all the drag queens gone?By 1994, Terence Stamp was slipping on high heels for "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert," followed one year later by Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes and John Leguizamo in "To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar." The... In this article: RuPaul, Supermodel, New York, Dolly Parton, Wigstock: The Movie, San Francisco, Islam, and VH1 |
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Patrick Swayze: A Timeline of Career Highs (and Lows)
...Movie Awards, he lost to co-star Reeves. 1995/"To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar" -- Swayze and co-star Wesley Snipes played (very muscular) drag queens in this road-trip comedy. 2001/"Donnie Darko" -- A quiet and...
In this article: Dirty Dancing, Keanu Reeves, Red Dawn, Categorization, DVD, Civil War, Pancreatic cancer, North and South, and She's Like the Wind
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Winston-Salem Journal | September 14, 2009
Actor Swayze, 57, dies from cancer
...which further allowed him to toy with his masculine image. The role called for him to play a drag queen on a cross-country road trip alongside Wesley Snipes and John Leguizamo. Swayze was born in 1952 in Houston, the son of Jesse Swayze...
In this article: Dirty Dancing, Cancer, Ghost, Golden Globe, Road House, Pancreatic cancer, Jennifer Grey, and Wesley Snipes
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The Advertiser | September 22, 2009
On DVD: Patrick Swayze at his best
...Leguizamo) more than made up for any shortcomings. As the trio's sophisticated mother hen of a leader, Swayze did more than churn out a winking, broadly-etched drag queen portrayal. He invested his lovely lady with a generous amount of...
In this article: Whoopi Goldberg, Ghost, Road House, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar, Dirty Dancing, DVD, Derivative, and Oscar
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Stuff | September 15, 2009
Fans, celebs salute Patrick Swayze
...on a cross-country road trip alongside Wesley Snipes and John Leguizamo. His heartthrob status almost kept him from being considered for the role of Vida Boheme. "I couldn't get seen on it because everyone viewed me as terminally...
In this article: Rob Lowe, Cancer, Steven Spielberg, Ghost, Oscar, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, and Dirty Dancing
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New York Daily News | September 14, 2009
Remembering Patrick Swayze
As one of a trio of drag queens whose car breaks down while driving cross-country, Swayze's Vida Boheme is a chunka chunka burnin' niceness who uses his womanly ways to help a hotel owner (Stockard Channing) whose husband beats her.
In this article: The Outsiders, C. Thomas Howell, Stockard Channing, The Hurt Locker, Charlie Sheen, Ghost, Red Dawn, and Pancreatic cancer
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BBC News | September 14, 2009
Romantic lead
...a number of film and TV appearances. Swayze poked fun at his "sexy man" tag by playing transvestite Vida Boheme alongside action star Wesley Snipes in To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar. He was seriously injured in 1996 when...
In this article: Dirty Dancing, Golden Globe, Hollywood, North and South, Demi Moore, Tom Cruise, and Point Break
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Description from Wikipedia:
Patrick Wayne Swayze (pronounced: /ˈsweɪziː/; August 18, 1952 – September 14, 2009) was an American actor, dancer and singer-songwriter. He was best-known for his roles as romantic leading men in the films Dirty Dancing and Ghost and as Orry Main in the North and South television miniseries. He was named by People magazine as its "Sexiest Man Alive" in 1991.
Swayze was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in early 2008. He continued acting until, in 2009, he became too ill to do so. Later the same year he died from the disease.
- Name At Birth:
- Patrick Wayne Swayze
- Birth Date:
- August 18, 1952
- Birthplace:
- United States
- Death Date:
- September 14, 2009
- Place of Death:
- Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Spouse:
- Lisa Niemi
- Occupation:
- Actor, dancer, singer-songwriter
- Years Active:
- 1978–2009
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