The Inspiring Life of Patrick Swayze
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Patrick has had his share of medical conditions and scares, like breaking his leg and going to rehab because of alcohol addiction, not to mention the plane crash he was involved in. However, in mid-January 2008, a stomach ache he used to ignore proved to be stage IV pancreatic cancer. The actor was hopeful he could fight the disease and he underwent chemotherapy at the Stanford University Medical Center, where he was even given the experimental drug Vatalanib. Despite all his positivity and hope, his wife said that when he heard he had cancer, he uttered the words “I’m a dead man.” Just 20 months after he was diagnosed, Swayze passed away on September 14, 2009.
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