It's been a hard battle but RIP knowing you earned me 10 points in the Celebrity Dead-Pool. In your memory I composed this little piece.
In ’52 was Swayze born
A child one of five.
He met his wife in ‘70
14, too young to drive.
In ’75 they did wed,
In ’82 his father dead,
To the bottle he did turn.
In ’94 his sister died…
An OD from which he learned.
Lots of movies he did make.
Ghost, Road House and Point Break.
Dirty Dancing and Red Dawn
But Fatherhood made me yawn.
Then in ’08 pancreatic cancer
Afflicted this old dirty dancer
He continued to smoke , lost some liver
And some stomach (just a sliver)
Next Year (’09 )by no chance,
He retired to the ranch.
In September Autumn came…
The cancer proved too much to tame.
Bless his heart, he gave in…
And I received more points (yes 10!)
