Patrick Swayze - Still Sadly Missed Quiz

Answer: August 18th 1952

Patrick Wayne Swayze was born on August 18th 1952 in Houston, Texas, USA. He was the second child of Patsy and Jesse Swayze. He had an older sister called Vickie and two younger brothers called Don and Sean. He also had an adopted younger sister called Bambi.

He lived in the northwest neighbourhood of Oak Forest until he was twenty when he moved to New York to continue his dance training.

Answer: Football

Swayze attended Waltrip High School in Houston where he was involved in many athletic pursuits including gymnastics and ballet. He represented his school in football and was hoping to gain a football scholarship for college until a serious leg injury put an end to this dream when he was 18. Luckily after having to wear a full length plaster on his leg for six months he was able to come back from his injury and concentrate on his dancing.

Answer: Blood Brothers

"Blood Brothers" was the 18th episode of season 9 of the cult television series "M.A.S.H.". Patrick Swayze starred as Private Gary Sturgis. He offers his blood to his colleague but when his blood is tested for cross-matching it is discovered that he has leukemia.

The doctors insist that he goes to Tokyo for treatment but Sturgis insists that he stays with his colleague until he recovers consciousness.

Answer: Darryl "Darry" Curtis

"The Outsiders" was a 1983 film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the book of the same name by the author S.E. Hinton. It tells the story of 14 year old Ponyboy Curtis and his struggles with society. His parents are dead and he and his brother Sodapop are being raised by their older brother Darryl (played by Swayze).

The film tells of the trouble caused between two gangs, the poor Greasers and the rich Socs.

Answer: She's Like the Wind

"Dirty Dancing" was released in 1987 and tells the story of teenager Frances "Baby" Houseman who goes on holiday with her parents and sister to a sleepy resort in the Catskills, USA. Here she meets the dance instructor Johnny Castle who enlists her as his new dance partner. Patrick Swayze and his co-writer Stacy Widelitz wrote the song "She's Like the Wind" in 1984 and it was originally intended to be used on the soundtrack of the 1984 film "Grandview USA" which starred Swayze with Jamie Lee Curtis and John Cusack.

The song reached number three on the "US Billboard Hot 200".

Answer: Double Deuce

The film "Road House" was released in 1989. It was directed by Rowdy Herrington. Swayze plays the character James Dalton who is employed by Frank Tilghman (played by Kevin Tighe) to take over the security of his bar "The Double Deuce". Sam Elliot plays his friend and mentor Wade Garrett who comes to help him after problems escalate.

Answer: Point Break

"Point Break" is a 1991 film directed by Kathryn Bigelow. It tells the story of undercover FBI agent Johnny Utah (played by Reeves) who infiltrates a gang of bank robbing surfers who are lead by the charismatic Bodhi (Swayze). The gang are called the "Ex-Presidents" as they wear rubber masks depicting Jimmy Carter, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and Lyndon B Johnson as they are robbing banks. The film's title is a surfing term which mean a location where a wave breaks as it hits land jutting from the coast.

Answer: Powder Blue

"Powder Blue" is an ensemble film made in 2009 and directed by Timothy Linh Bui. Swayze stars as Velvet Larry who owns a sleazy strip club in Los Angeles. The film follows various characters that meet by chance on Christmas Eve. The film also stars Eddie Redmayne, Ray Liotta, Lisa Kudrow and Patrick's brother Don.

Answer: Lisa Niemi

Patrick Swayze married Lisa Niemi on the 12th June 1975 after a five year courtship. They had met when she started taking lesson from his mother Patsy. When he was diagnosed with cancer they renewed their vows at their ranch in New Mexico in 2008.

Answer: Pancreatic cancer

In 2007 Swayze was diagnosed with Stage IV pancreatic cancer. The prognosis of this disease is not good with the average survival of one year. He succumbed to the disease on September 14th 2009. He was cremated and his ashes were spread over his ranch in New Mexico.