DIRTY Dancing hunk Patrick Swayze courageously battled for his life against deadly pancreatic cancer for nearly two years even though he knew he was doomed, reveals his widow, Lisa Niemi.
The 57-year-old Ghost star got the deadly diagnosis in January 2008 and fought like hell until his death on Sept. 14, 2009 — knowing all the time he was a goner.
“When he first found out he had pancreatic cancer he turned to me and said, ‘I’m a dead man,’ ” recalls Lisa. “I didn’t know much about pancreatic cancer, but he did, and from what he knew anytime you heard someone had had pancreatic cancer it was like, ‘Well, he’s out of here.’ ”
Even his doctor was grim, telling the Road House bouncer “you can go ahead and treat…