Remembering Patrick Swayze

Patrick Swayze
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The Golden Years
By 1979, after a series of dance injuries, Swayze moved on to acting. In 1975 he married Lisa Niemi, pictured at right, who studied dancing with Swayze's mother Patsy, left.

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