F: Is for Farewell my friend

My computer was out of commission, so I could not write about the death of Patrick Swayze. He was a someone who touched my life with his art and his soul. I knew Patrick. We met while performing together in Disney on Parade. He was older and took those of us, younger than him, under his wing. When he moved to New York, we kept in touch. While there, he performed in a new musical called Goodtime Charley. He sent me the song "To Make the Boy a Man" and I sang at many an audition and performance while doing cabaret. He went on to play Danny Zuko in the long-running Broadway production of Grease. Later when I played Sandy in LA production, he sent me flowers and well wishes. When he became a star, in his film debut as the dance instructor Johnny Castle in "Dirty Dancing," we lost touch. What most people don't know was he sang. "She's Like the Wind," in the films soundtrack, was also co-written by him. His love of dancing was enhanced by the Harkness Ballet Company, the Joffrey and the Eliot Feld Ballet company as a principal dancer. He gave up his love of dance to star in such hits as "Ghost", "The Outsiders," "Red Dawn," "Road House," "Donnie Darko," "Too Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar" (Golden Globe nomination), and "Point Break." He regained his dance career back with In 2005, with his wife, Lisa Niemi, in the feature film, "One Last Dance." Lisa also wrote and starred in the film as well as making her directorial debut. People magazine recognized him for what we always known ....one of the "Sexiest Man Alive." In 2006 Patrick re-gained his Broadway roots on the London stage, debuting in Guys and Dolls as Nathan Detroit. Patrick claimed the stage, film and TV and on September 14th death claimed him. Patrick gave us his soul and that will be a missed F.A.C.T.