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TexasBushwhacker

(20,222 posts) Mon Aug 19, 2019, 09:23 PM Aug 2019

Patrick Swayze fans - new documentary is streaming

Have your tissues handy.

https://www.paramountnetwork.com/episodes/853hew/i-am-i-am-patrick-swayze-season-1-ep-12

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Patrick Swayze fans - new documentary is streaming (Original Post) TexasBushwhacker Aug 2019 OP

thanks.. I wanted to see that.. hlthe2b Aug 2019 #1

I miss Patrick. lindysalsagal Aug 2019 #2

Me too. He was so talented, but just watching him move was an experience--I've rarely seen anyone hlthe2b Aug 2019 #3

I was surprised that they didn't mention his other siblings TexasBushwhacker Aug 2019 #4

I didn't know that either. Do you know what became of the other 2 siblings? hlthe2b Aug 2019 #5

Yes, Don has always been thin TexasBushwhacker Aug 2019 #6

He was in one of my favorite British cult films called "Keeping Mum". smirkymonkey Aug 2019 #7

hlthe2b

(102,419 posts)

1. thanks.. I wanted to see that..

Reply to TexasBushwhacker (Original post)

Mon Aug 19, 2019, 09:26 PM

Aug 2019

lindysalsagal

(20,747 posts)

2. I miss Patrick.

Reply to TexasBushwhacker (Original post)

Mon Aug 19, 2019, 11:11 PM

Aug 2019

hlthe2b

(102,419 posts)

3. Me too. He was so talented, but just watching him move was an experience--I've rarely seen anyone

Reply to lindysalsagal (Reply #2)

Tue Aug 20, 2019, 12:33 PM

Aug 2019

walk, dance, ride, fight, and just plain move with such ease, grace and knowledge/comfort in his own skin.

Even other dancers or other athletes--and those who combined talent in both. Heavens, who could have thought he could look so graceful on clunky old-style roller skates!

He was a genuinely REAL guy and kind and empathic as well. Heaven knows his love of animals gets me too.

That was a nice documentary on him. There were a number of films I'd never heard of before.

Yup, he is and will be missed.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,222 posts)

4. I was surprised that they didn't mention his other siblings

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #3)

Tue Aug 20, 2019, 08:09 PM

Aug 2019

Not only did his father die young (57), he had a sister, Vicky, who took her own life in 1994. Her death was a huge blow to the family. I believe she was bipolar. There were 2 more siblings too.

hlthe2b

(102,419 posts)

5. I didn't know that either. Do you know what became of the other 2 siblings?

Reply to TexasBushwhacker (Reply #4)

Tue Aug 20, 2019, 08:30 PM

Aug 2019

The brother didn't look incredibly healthy himself to me. Maybe he's just always been very thin?

TexasBushwhacker

(20,222 posts)

6. Yes, Don has always been thin

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #5)

Tue Aug 20, 2019, 09:16 PM

Aug 2019

He is an actor too, but hasn't had Patrick's success. I don't know about the other siblings. Patsy Swayze, their mom, lived into her 80s and died of a stroke a few years ago. She was the choreographer for Urban Cowboy!

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

7. He was in one of my favorite British cult films called "Keeping Mum".

Reply to TexasBushwhacker (Original post)

Tue Aug 20, 2019, 10:09 PM

Aug 2019

It was one of my favorite movies ever and I have been trying to find it streaming w/ no luck, but he was great in it as the Golf Pro. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0444653/

With Maggie Smith, Rowan Atkinson, Kristen Scott Thomas & other well known British actors.

I would like to see the documentary. Thanks for recommending!

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