Rest in peace, Patrick
Patrick Swayze was one of my first major actor crushes, long before I ever saw Dirty Dancing or Ghost. I cried for his character Gary Sturgis in a 1981 episode of M*A*S*H and religiously watched the short-lived The Renegades because of his "Bandit" - the character he'd played in the 1982 TV movie of the same name. 1983 gave him to me in Uncommon Valor and The Outsiders and by then I was well and truly hooked.
Was he a brilliant actor? No, and certainly not in Jensen's league. But he could make me cry back then. And apparently now just a little bit too :(.
My heartfelt sympathies go to Lisa and the rest of Patrick's family.
Was he a brilliant actor? No, and certainly not in Jensen's league. But he could make me cry back then. And apparently now just a little bit too :(.
My heartfelt sympathies go to Lisa and the rest of Patrick's family.