Patrick Swayze's widow Lisa Niemi Swayze says star knew he was 'a dead man' upon hearing cancer diagnosis
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Patrick Swayze's widow, Lisa Niemi Swayze, opened up about how the two of them reacted to his pancreatic cancer diagnosis, adding the actor knew it wasn't going to end well for him.
"When he first found out he had pancreatic cancer he turned to me and said, 'I’m a dead man,'" Lisa said on the podcast. "I didn’t know much about pancreatic cancer, but he did, and from what he knew anytime you heard someone had had pancreatic cancer it was like, 'Well, he’s out of here.'" Lori Bashian is an entertainment production assistant for Fox News Digital.
She further explained the actor's doctors were able to confirm his diagnosis following an endoscopic procedure, after which they informed her of his condition, leaving her to wonder when the right time was to tell her husband.
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