Patrick Swayze, who has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and given five weeks to live, aspired to be a father but was just never able to see that dream fulfilled. Which just kind of underscores the point - which came up again and again in commentary around Heath Ledger's death - that deaths are tragic regardless of whether children are left behind.
I'll admit, though, that the fact that he and wife Lisa Neimi desperately wanted to have kids but were never able to tugs at my heartstrings in a manner similar to that provoked by Matilda Ledger's fatherless future.
In an interview with the UK's Daily Mail a couple of years ago, he commented at length on his desire to be a parent:
"I was born to be a dad and we have the perfect life for kids," he says, wistfully.
"I have started taking adults into the mountains on packhorse trips. I
love that ability to survive off the land and it changes these peoples'
lives when they re-connect with the earth. Adults enjoy it so much, so
I can only imagine what it would be like for kids.
"We are still thinking of adopting, but you have to consider the child
and not yourself. Living on a ranch teaches you a great deal about the
cycle of life and, if you adopt a child, you have to be certain it is
for the right reason."
Sounds like he would have been a really great dad. So, so tragic that he'll never get the opportunity to prove it.
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