The “Soiled Dancing” star was one of many first public figures to disclose he had the illness, the identical one which Alex Trebek and Steve Jobs died from.
Swayze was recognized in 2007 and died at age 57.
“I attempted to have champagne, and it might be like pouring acid, you realize, on an open wound,” Swayze instructed her. “My indigestion points acquired gigantic and fixed. After which I began considering, I am getting skinny. I dropped about 20 kilos within the blink of a watch. After which while you see it within the mirror, when unexpectedly, you pull your eyes down and the underside(s) of your eyes go yellow and jaundice units in — then you realize one thing’s fallacious.”
It was too late when Swayze was recognized and the illness had unfold.
Some followers took to Twitter to recollect the late actor, with one writing, “The late Patrick Swayze was born on this date in 1952. The ‘Soiled Dancing’ star was a Hollywood icon.”