In the New York Times

Mr. Swayze's cancer was diagnosed in January 2008. Six months after that, he had already outlived his prognosis and was filmed at an airport, smiling at photographers and calling himself, only half-facetiously, "a miracle dude." He even went through with plans to star in "The Beast," a new drama series for A&E, and filmed a complete season while undergoing treatment. Mr. Swayze insisted on continuing with the series. "How do you nurture a positive attitude when all the statistics say you're a dead man?" he said to Bill Carter of The New York Times last October. "You go to work."

Too young...

~ Becky in Tucson