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  • Patrick Swayze with his wife Lisa Niemi and mother Patsy Swayze in 1979
  • Patrick Swayze and his wife Lisa Niemi on their wedding day on June 12, 1975
  • The cover of Patrick Swayze & Lisa Niemi’s book, ‘The Time Of My Life,’ due out Sept. 29, 2009 on Simon & Schuster
  • Patrick Swayze shares a laugh with his wife, dancer and actress Lisa Niemi at the premiere party for the movie ‘Skatetown USA’ at Flippers roller rink, Los Angeles, California, October 1979
  • Patrick Swayze and wife Lisa Niemi pose backstage during the 9th annual Costume Designers Guild Awards held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on February 17, 2007
  • Patrick Swayze with his Lisa Niemi and their dogs Kumasai and Lucas
  • Patrick Swayze and wife Lisa Niemi in Las Vegas in 2007

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    Patrick Swayze with his wife Lisa Niemi and mother Patsy Swayze in 1979

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    Patrick Swayze and his wife Lisa Niemi on their wedding day on June 12, 1975

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    The cover of Patrick Swayze & Lisa Niemi’s book, ‘The Time Of My Life,’ due out Sept. 29, 2009 on Simon & Schuster

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    Patrick Swayze shares a laugh with his wife, dancer and actress Lisa Niemi at the premiere party for the movie ‘Skatetown USA’ at Flippers roller rink, Los Angeles, California, October 1979

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    Patrick Swayze and wife Lisa Niemi pose backstage during the 9th annual Costume Designers Guild Awards held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on February 17, 2007

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    Patrick Swayze with his Lisa Niemi and their dogs Kumasai and Lucas

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    Patrick Swayze and wife Lisa Niemi in Las Vegas in 2007

 

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November 4, 2009

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.

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