Lisa Niemi, Patrick Swayze's Widow, To Break Her Silence

people.com:

Six weeks after Patrick Swayze lost his battle with pancreatic cancer at age 57, his widow Lisa Niemi will participate in a roundtable discussion on Grief, Healing and Resilience at the Women's Conference 2009 in Long Beach, Calif., next Tuesday, Oct. 27.

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Comments

[mrskorn]

Class act, both of them.

[DougNTexas]

Wasn't Patrick a Entertainer?

[Rog49Thomas]

Isn't it interesting that this story is under the "Entertainment" tab at HP?

What a wonderful civilization we have that someone's tragedy and personal pain is mass entertainment!

[LemonMeringue]

They were a class act. You never heard anything scandalous or bad about either of them.

[dlvme2]

Everyone handles grief differently and everyone needs to accept that and not judge just because they are not grieving in the way that you would like them to. This is a conference Grief, Healing and Resilience for women and stating she is going to speak at this upcoming event which is of interest to those that attend these conferences. Most likely she will discuss how she is dealing with it now and at the time - all this will probably change over time. I doubt very seriously that she is there to disclose personal things about Patrick - it is more about her and her feelings or how they dealt with the situation together. For people going through this type of situation it is hopeful that they will get some insight on how to deal with their emotions from her talk. I wish her the best as I am sure it has been a difficult time.

[thielemania]

I think it's very brave of her to speak publicly so soon after his death. All stages of grief are important to share and am glad that she is sharing. Her loss can bring help and awareness to pancreatic cancer. It is a devastating cancer that needs attention. There are no preventative tests or treatment at this point and that needs to change. I lost my husband in 2005 to pancreatic cancer. He was 46 and pretty healthy prior to finding stage 4 pancreas cancer. Thank you Lisa - for sharing your journey, your pain and grief. I hope it brings you continued healing and keeps Patrick's spirit alive for you.
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[Bitsko]

"Silence"? Try "grieving," media voyeurs.

[HadBetterDays]

Seems awefully soon for her to come out sharing her grief with others. I'm not judging, perhaps she needs to this as a part of her healing process. I am the opposite of that. I recall not even wanting to be bothered with well meaning friends for a short while after losing my dad. Just needed to grieve in private, eventually I could share that with others who knew him but I can't imagine wanting to share something like that with strangers. Just my opinion, I hope this helps Mrs Swaze during her hour of bereavement. Her husband was a great man.

[MsLiz]

She has known that he was dying for a long time. This wasn't sudden. Everyone handles things in their own way.

[Secularist]

The media really needs to stop using the phrase that so -and-so "breaks their silence." This phrase is supposed to mean that after refusing to talk about a very important matter of great interest and importance to a good deal of people, the person sho played a critical role in the matter will now spill the beans. If you are not even aware that somebody was being silent on an unimportant matter, that's not exactly breaking the silence. So for example, if Richard Nixon had decided to fess up about what was on the tapes he erased, then you can legitimately say that he will broke his silence. If a celebrity decided to leave a comment, that's not necessarily the same.

[Secularist]

I really must apologize for all the typos. I thought I proofread, but guess not.

[OlHippie]

Please don't break your silence Lisa. We need for more people in Hollywood to remain silent. I liked Patrick, I remember him fondly, now please just move on.

[rzan1]

That is an unfortunate phrase to have used. I think she is simply attending a grief conference and will discuss her own process at that conference. It is meant to help, I think.

[AlaskanWannaB]

Patrick will be missed.

[balancedsolution]

So this is a story about an upcoming story.

Hmmm....Ne­ws at it's best.

What i didn't know was that she hadn't broken her silence.

Why would I care. It was her husband. He was an actor. She was a wife.

I'm sure she's devestated.

This is worthy of space on here? I"m writing this post why?

Why Why Why ???

[amdezurik]

why why why do you read the ENTERTAINMENT section (clearly labled above) if you hate it so much then blame someone else for where you mouse clicked?

[AlaskanWannaB]

Shut up!

[dlvme2]

This is speaking about an event that she is going to speak at - if the story ran after the event the people that were interested in attending may not have gone. With Lisa speaking it may attract others that have also gone through what she has, fans, well-wishers what have you. That is the reason the story is being run now. I really wonder at times if commentors read the articles or just the headlines before they comment because often comments really make me wonder.

[Terry6202]

It is too soon to learn about mourning and resilience form Patrick Swayze's widow; he died just weeks ago. There is a full year of anniversaries and holidays to be coped with and after that, one may be ready to speak -- speaking to a family group to help bereaved families after a terminal illness would very helpful.

[CintiBlue]

I understand the going through anniversar­ies/holida­ys. But as one who has lived through the terminal illness of a sister, I feel we automatically "prepare" for what's ahead. When death comes, we've been rehearsing.

[marijam]

Please don't. Break the silence. Please don't.

[AurigaRa]

really! It would devastate this household.