Lisa Niemi speaks of losing Patrick Swayze
October 29, 2009 by m.coonce · Leave a Comment
The widow of actor Patrick Swayze has spoken about her grief at her first public appearance since his death.
Speaking at the Women’s Conference in Long Beach, California, Lisa Niemi said Swayze’s passing last month left her feeling sadness “on a cellular level”.
“I thought during the 22 months of my husband’s illness that it gave me all this time to get used to the idea of losing him,” she said on Tuesday.
“It wasn’t the same at all. The actual loss is an animal of its own.”
Her husband’s death, she continued, “made all the sadness and grief previous to that look like an intellectual concept”
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