the late patrick swayze and his wife, lisa niemi. by the way, your regret you were going to tell us about, you didn't tell him you loved him enough? >> that's what it felt like. i have to say in the almost last two years he was fighting this i said it probably -- i lost count how many times i would say it. >> larry: before that did you say i should have said it more? >> you know what? and this is -- boy, especially after losing him, you know, i regretted every bump we ever had in our relationship. i regretted every time i yelled at him. i regretted every mistake i ever made and wished i could go back and fix it. at the same time, particularly, like looking back at our whole life together, as we did in this book, you know, i have to remind myself that when i look at that story i'm also very proud of those bumps because we always came out the other side. relationships are not easy. >> larry: how close were you with him, donny? >> we were very close. i'm six years younger but i always liked to hang around, little brother. when i was 6 a

you can read her thoughts on the death of patrick swayze. at cnn.com/larryking. back with lisa and donnie in 60 seconds. american renewal. helping doctors help patients. in healthcare advancements cancer detection medical records, health for more people. means never forgetting is everything. is happening. right now. >> larry: patrick swayze was in some of the most popular movies of all time. let's take a look back at some of his famous roles. ♪ >> i'm telling you straight, it's my way or the highway. >> he likes to show off his muscles. >> i will show them off on you, little buddy. >> what a crock of -- >> what is that? >> i think tomorrow is a say-something hat day. >> larry: thought he was going to be a dancer, right? >> what? >> larry: he thought he was going to be a dancer. >> absolutely. >> larry: you ballet danced together? >> oh, yes. yeah. that was his -- his first job leaving home was his -- as a dancer. and -- unfortunately, his -- or fortunately, depending which way you look at it, you know, bad knee injury that he had previously pretty much put an e

patrick swayze's widow, lisa niemi, gave her first tv interview since patrick died. she opened up on oprah today about patrick's final moments and she revealed a bombshell secret about their marriage. first, though, i want you to hear how lisa described patrick's final days and when he gave in to the cancer. watch. >> he was very comfortable. >> he had sufficient drugs? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i mean, we were very -- and there's a strange difficult transition from trying to treat and make better to try to make comfortable. very, very, very hard to do, because -- >> because once you try to make comfortable, it means you've given up the fight to make better. >> ah, yeah. >> rachel, it just sounds heart wrenching, doesn't it? >> it's absolutely gut wrenching. these two were the golden couple in hollywood, together for about 37 years. and, you know, every loss is tragic, but this was definitely a huge loss for their family, for everyone in the industry and for all his fans around the world. >> yeah, she seems like a very, very strong woman. i'm sure his absence is gut wrenc

. >> patrick swayze's wife is speaking out about his battle with pancreatic cancer. they were married for 34 years before his death at the age of 57. the statistics are grim. only 5% of people diagnosed are alive after years. she said it started when patrick had indigestion and jaundice. he went to the doctor right away and the news was not good. >> i didn't know a lot about pancreatic cancer and he did. when he got the diagnosis, the first thing unfortunately because of the cancer, he said i'm a dead man. it's a really tough, tough merciless disease, especially in the advanced stages which he was diagnosed. >> he lived for two years after his diagnosis. >> he got lots of accolades in his career and he was even named "people" magazine's sexiest man alive. this year the honor went to johnny depp and the facebook page is overrun with comments. they named johnny the sexiest man for a second time and got the title in 2003 and some of the facebook fan his their own ideas. rebecca said it should be johnny depp every year even when he's 80. a lot of people think a.j. hammer