Actor Patrick Swayze is seen in this 2006 file photo.
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Actor Patrick Swayze dies of cancer at 57

Tuesday 15th September, 09:37 AM JST

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IvanCoughalot at 01:57 PM JST - 15th September

He popped in this morning and helped my Missus make a vase while I was out at work.
Molenir at 02:53 PM JST - 15th September

Off-screen, he was an avid conservationist who was moved by his time in Africa to shine a light on “man’s greed and absolute unwillingness to operate according to Mother Nature’s laws,” he told the AP in 2004.

Ok I'm sorry the man died, but this quote they used is such an idiotic line. We are a part of Nature. Thus what we do, by its very definition goes along with the "laws" of mother nature. I agree with conservation, particularly in Africa where many animals are or were being driven to the point of extinction, but the statement there, was just dumb.

RIP
smithinjapan at 03:48 PM JST - 15th September

Molenir: "We are a part of Nature. Thus what we do, by its very definition goes along with the "laws" of mother nature."

Not at all. This is kind of like the argument you sometimes have with people who believe in god. You ask them why people murder each other or there is war, famine, disease, and general misery in the way we treat each other, and they tell that you that, "God created man in his image, but gave him free will". Well, the difference here of course is that 'mother nature' is a real entity (ie. nature and the environment), and while we are natural beings and a part of nature, the pollution, war, destruction of the environment and extinction of species are not at all 'following nature'.

Anyway, let's not stray too off topic; this thread is, after all, to pay respects to a man who made a number of decent movies while we were younger. His passing is a shame. NATURAL, but a shame.
fightfan2008 at 03:53 PM JST - 15th September

Sad news indeed. May he Rest in Peace.
stirfry at 04:10 PM JST - 15th September

goddamn that tobacco industry :)
gogogo at 05:05 PM JST - 15th September

He was the first to say "100% pure adrenaline" in point break
bobbafett at 08:41 PM JST - 15th September

never saw dirty dancing or ghost coz I hate chick movies but roadhouse and point break were something else. Its a shame he didn't live on when so many others drink like maniacs and smoke a pack a day and live past 80.
Starviking at 09:05 PM JST - 15th September

Rest in peace.
usaexpat at 11:08 PM JST - 15th September

Rest in Peace, I was hoping he would beat the odds and beat the cancer
butterfly1 at 11:08 PM JST - 15th September

I lost my uncle to the same cancer in July after a 5 month battle. Such an awful and quick cancer. Very sad about Patrick. R.I.P
usaexpat at 12:28 AM JST - 16th September

bobbafet: I think Swayze admitted he was a chain smoker and he did go to rehab for alcohol. It's all luck of the draw I'm afraid.
Taka313 at 12:34 AM JST - 16th September

Patrick Swayze always struck me as being a really nice guy too. Sad to see him go.

I'm surprised by the people who remembered Roadhouse. What a classic.

"Pain don't hurt."

Taka
Darren White at 12:40 AM JST - 16th September

Nobody puts Baby in the cor(o)ner
bobbafett at 01:04 AM JST - 16th September

usaexpat,

thats why I said "when so many others drink and smoke and live past 80" as in comparing. A good lesson for all of us not to abuse alcohol and not to smoke but sad all the same.
helloklitty at 07:09 AM JST - 16th September

He had the time of his life.