In 1975, the pair married when she was 19 and he was 23. Shortly afterward, Patrick replaced John Travolta in the 1978 Broadway production of Grease. "It was always touching for me to see them together," the show's director, Tom Moore, said. "They were the perfect couple."

Late Hollywood icon Patrick Swayze's wife, Lisa Niemi, opened up about getting remarried in 2014 after his 2009 death from pancreatic cancer, and how it didn't go over well with his legion of fans. "But it's like — I was so tempted so many times to say, 'Hey girlfriend, stand in my shoes, tell me about it.

Personal life. Swayze was married to Lisa Niemi for 34 years from June 12, 1975, until his death. They had no children, but Lisa had suffered one miscarriage. They met in 1970 when Swayze was 18 years old.

But it's like — I was so tempted so many times to say, 'Hey, girlfriend, stand in my shoes, tell me about it. Go ahead — tell me just because I lost my husband that I don't love him anymore.” Actor Patrick Swayze and his wife Lisa Niemi were married for 34 years before his death.