Patrick Swayze

[nacktman]

Most of you by now already know the actor Patrick Swayze.
You might even know he has cancer.
Something you wouldn't know except for that foul rag the National Enquirer.

While I am sorry to hear he has cancer - pancreatic, I believe - it is something I really do not need to know about.
It is a personal thing for he and his family and while his fans are sure to express sorry and hope for his defeating the cancer it is still a very bogus and heinous crossing of the line by the rag 'reporting' it.

I am glad to see a celebrity story other than which young actress is showing her vagina for the paparazzi this week but this is not the story to replace those.

I would rather see a story on his upcoming work or what he likes to paint or some such, but then again I do not really care about his personal likes to the point I have to know as some are wont to do.

I am angry at the baseness of the rag and the flippant nature of their 'public's right to know' baloney ... the public has no right to know about his cancer unless and until he chooses to let them know.

Anyway, I wish him a speedy defeat of and recovery from his cancer.

[usmc1]

Patrick has always been a gentleman and private person, even back in his days at Houston Baptist College. His mother. Patty, was the consumate stage mother who managed his early career. She ran a dance studio in Houston for years, and I came to know them through mutual friends. More of an acquaintanceship than friendship.

I worked with him, in a small character part, in Father Hood, which was shot in San Antonio and N.O.. He was a funny little sh*t who kept us in tears.

I don't get this hunger for the morbid details of other's misfortunes and illnesses. Particularly celebrities who do not really seek that sort of attention. Some things are personal and no one else's business. His illness certainly has nothing to do with his body of work or public persona as an actor.