RIP Patrick Swayze

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A local TV news station just had this tease: "...and at 11, the latest news on Patrick Swayze."

Just say he died, for chrissakes. I really hate local TV news.
 
EStreetJoe said:
This board is slipping.
I thought for sure in this thread (haven't checked the other) someone would have mentioned his work as Pvt. Gary Sturgis (MASH) or Bodhi by now.

Death is 0 percent pure adrenaline ...
 
playthrough said:
A local TV news station just had this tease: "...and at 11, the latest news on Patrick Swayze."

Just say he died, for chrissakes. I really hate local TV news.

Because if they said he died, people wouldn't tune in to find out what happened to him.
That's why it's called a tease.
 
Care Bear said:
kleeda said:
TigerVols, it's well known he was not drunk when he had an emergency landing in Arizona, but rather suffered altitude sickness based on fast depressurization. He did battle the bottle at another time in his life, but not that day.
A fine Texan, Mr. Swayze was.
I know that depressurization and altitude sickness are what Swayze asserted, but I was under the impression that open containers of alcohol were found in the plane (by the construction workers). And Swayze went to a hotel for several hours to sober up before contacting the police. I know he battled with alcohol in the past...

But perhaps now is not be the best time for this particular discussion.

No better time than now...the eyewitnesses WHO I INTERVIEWED described the scene...and they took him to a hotel to sober up. They proved beyond a doubt they took him to a hotel...and in fact, they were arrested for doing just that!

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0811061swayze1.html
 
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Was the first thing he said to God....

"What did I do, What did I say, to turn your angel eyes my way...."

(PS -- Isn't that dude dead too?)
 
zagoshe said:
Was the first thing he said to God....

"What did I do, What did I say, to turn your angel eyes my way...."

(PS -- Isn't that dude dead too?)

Yes, Jeff Healey died from lung cancer about six months ago in March 2008 ...
 
Steak Snabler said:
EStreetJoe said:
This board is slipping.
I thought for sure in this thread (haven't checked the other) someone would have mentioned his work as Pvt. Gary Sturgis (MASH) or Bodhi by now.

Death is 0 percent pure adrenaline ...

"This is your wake-up call Bodhi! You are dead! The ride is over!"

"We'll get 'im when he comes back iiiinnn!"
"He's not coming back."

Never thought the cancer would get him. I figured he'd go out riding a 200-foot wave at Bell's Beach.
 
On hockey:

"To the game, and getting out of this hick town. Thank God there is still a sport for middle-sized white boys." - Derek Sutton, Youngblood, 1986.

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No matter that, at age 34, Patrick was 14 years too old to have legitimately been the captain of the Hamilton Mustangs - he was great in that movie, and in everything else he ever did.

RIP, Patrick. You fought a hell of a fight, and you're leaving behind a wonderful legacy. We'll miss you. :'(
 
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EStreetJoe said:
This board is slipping.
I thought for sure in this thread (haven't checked the other) someone would have mentioned his work as Pvt. Gary Sturgis (MASH) or Bodhi by now.
His performance on M*A*S*H was a great episode.
 

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