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Whitney Houston To Perform On ‘Dancing’ Season Finale

After much speculation, Whitney Houston is headed to “Dancing With the Stars,” Access Hollywood has confirmed.

Whitney will perform on the November 24 Season Finale of the reality competition, ABC confirmed to Access on Monday.

Dancers Gather To Honor Patrick Swayze

Before Patrick Swayze was a film actor, a TV actor and People magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive,” he was a dancer.

And so it was fitting that a huge, eclectic group of dancers gathered to honor him this week at the annual fundraiser for Career Transition for Dancers, a group that helps dancers develop new careers after age or injury forces them to halt dancing.

Lisa Niemi Opens Up On Patrick Swayze’s Last Days On ‘Oprah’

Lisa Niemi spoke out on Friday in her first television interview since the death of her husband, Patrick Swayze, in an appearance on “The Oprah Winfrey Show.”

“Every moment of every breath of every day in the last 22 months before he died, every single one of those was special,” Lisa, who was married to the actor for 38 years before his passing from pancreatic cancer in September, told Oprah.

Lisa Niemi Opens Up About Her Grief Over Losing Patrick Swayze

Lisa Niemi called the grief that came with the loss of her husband, Patrick Swazye, “an animal all of its own.”

At the “Grief, Healing and Resilience” panel at Maria Shriver’s Women’s Conference in Long Beach, Calif., on Tuesday afternoon, Lisa explained that despite knowing she would most likely eventually lose her husband to cancer, his actual death was a tremendous emotional battle.

Patrick Swayze’s Widow To Join Kate Gosselin, Elizabeth Edwards At Women’s Conference

Lisa Niemi, the widow of late actor Patrick Swayze, will speak out at a panel on Grief, Healing and Resilience at The Women’s Conference 2009 on Tuesday, a conference rep confirmed to Access Hollywood.

Lisa lost her husband to a long battle with pancreatic cancer on September 14. He was 57. The two were married for 34 years.

Friends, Family Celebrate Patrick Swayze’s Life At Memorial

Hundreds of mourners, including Whoopi Goldberg, paid tribute to the late Patrick Swayze at a private memorial on Sunday, People reported.

Family and friends of the star, who died last month of pancreatic cancer at the age of 57, Patrick’s life at the service, held Sunday on the Los Angeles Sony Studios lot.

Patrick Swayze: ‘I Just Couldn’t Face The Idea That Life As I’d Always Known It Was Over’

The late Patrick Swayze left behind a powerful memoir that will give his fans a window into the nightmare of what life was like once the actor found out he had pancreatic cancer.

Cheryl Burke Talks ‘Dancing’s’ Tribute To Patrick Swayze: ‘I Almost Broke Into Tears’

“Dancing With the Stars” paid an emotional tribute to late actor Patrick Swayze on Wednesday night and even the professionals who recreated some of the late actor’s most memorable performances were moved.

“It was an honor to be able to pay tribute to Patrick Swayze,” professional Cheryl Burke told Access Hollywood’s “DWTS” guest correspondent La Toya Jackson following last night’s elimination show, which saw Ashley Hamilton and Macy Gray’s departure.

‘Dancing With The Stars’ Sends Two Celebs Home, Pays Tribute to Patrick Swayze

“Dancing With the Stars” wrapped up its three-night season premiere on Wednesday with two predictable eliminations. 

Whoopi Goldberg Slams Suzanne Somers Over Swayze Chemotherapy Comment

Whoopi Goldberg took aim at Suzanne Somers on Tuesday for comments she reportedly made about the late Patrick Swayze, claiming the actor’s chemotherapy — and not his cancer — was what killed him.

Ceaseless Deaths Of The Famous Mark Summer ‘09

We had been told to expect the deaths of the famous to come in threes, not in the dozens.

Suzanne Somers: Chermotherapy, Not Cancer, Killed Patrick Swayze

Actress Suzanne Somers claims chemotherapy killed actor Patrick Swayze.

In a new interview with Toronto’s National Post, Somers – a former cancer survivor – reportedly blames Swayze’s course of treatment — and not his disease — for taking the “Dirty Dancing” star’s life.