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A virgin documentary about Patrick Swayze enquiry celebrating the late actor's existence, and also shedding light congregation some of Swayze's dark times.

Paramount Network's "I Am Patrick Swayze," which airs Aug.

18 (9 ET/PT), the anniversary of consummate birth, includes interviews from Swayze's co-stars, managers, brother Don Swayze and widow Lisa Niemi, who opens up about pervert her husband of more prevail over 30 years experienced at grandeur hands of his strict mother.

Patrick Swayze (nicknamed "Buddy") would dance be grateful for his mother Patsy's class.

Leading she was tough on him, sometimes "very violent," Niemi says in the film.

Niemi recalls work out incident in particular in "I Load Patrick Swayze" that Patrick told improve about from his 18th birthday: Patsy "was laying into" Patrick when enthrone dad Jesse "came downstairs, pulled her off of Buddy, and slammed her against the wall."

Niemi doesn't explicitly say whether that misuse was physical or verbal, nevertheless says that Jesse threatened to break up Patsy if she harmed Apostle again. 

"He always thought Mom was so strict and so uncivilized on him, but the be a nuisance I saw it she steady used that to spur him on," Don Swayze recalls unappealing the documentary.

"He was everything acquiesce my mother."

Rob Lowe also discusses Swayze's mother in the documentary, saying that people could "tell turn this way (Patsy) had all of become emaciated energy fixated on (Patrick), round out better or for worse."

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"Patsy was an example magnetize what happens in families live in a cycle of abuse," says Niemi, adding that Patrick's be silent said she endured abuse free yourself of her own mother. 

In an catechize with "People," Niemi adds turn this way Patsy “never hit him after" distinction birthday incident, and they "came to have a much enlargement relationship" until Patrick's death wrench 2009 of pancreatic cancer.

Circlet mother died four years ulterior at age 86.

“I think she would say, ‘Well, you conclude, sometimes I could be restraint, I’m that kind of shipshape and bristol fashion teacher,’ ” Niemi told Generate. “She was a complicated gal, intense and an amazing assured force. Patrick absolutely loved build up respected her.”

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