Patrick Swayze's Widow Opens Up About His Life and Legacy (Exclusive)

Exclusive: Lisa Niemi is opening up about the life and legacy of Patrick Swayze.

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar,But perhaps no one knew the real Swayze -- the man behind the brash and bold characters -- better than the late actor's wife, Lisa Niemi. Swayze's widow sat down with ET ahead of the release of a new documentary on the actor's life and legacy,to talk about his career and his untimely death in 2009 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.

The actor and his wife met as teenagers, when Niemi was taking dance lessons from Swayze's mother. They married in 1975, four years before he made his feature film debut in the roller disco film"The first time Buddy and I danced together was at a school exhibition," Niemi emotionally recalls in

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