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Swayze Checks Into Hospital With Pneumonia

Cancer-stricken star misses appearance to promote new show

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 9, 2009 4:30 PM CST

(Newser) – Patrick Swayze checked himself into the hospital after coming down with pneumonia, People reports. Swayze, who has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, was forced to cancel an appearance to speak about his new show The Beast at a TV Critics Association panel in LA. “We wish him the very best with his recovery,” the president of A&E, which will air the show, said at the event.

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In this Nov. 17, 2007 file photo, Patrick Swayze attends a party at the grand opening of the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, file)

In this image released by A&E, Travis Fimmel, left, and Patrick Swayze are shown in a promotional photo for the A&E series, "The Beast," premiering January 15. (AP Photo/A&E, Michael Muller)

In this Nov. 28, 2005 file photo, actor Patrick Swayze poses for the photographers, prior to the premiere of his new film "Keeping Mum" at a Leicester Square cinema in central London. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, file)

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He's bringing the force of his own personal struggle into the performance. He does it five days a week, 12 hours a day.
- John Romano, Swayze's costar on The Beast

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Swayze Checks Into Hospital With Pneumonia