Patrick Swayze's widow Lisa Niemi is set to break her silence six weeks after the actor's tragic death, publicly sharing her grief at a women's empowerment conference later this month.

Swayze lost his battle with pancreatic cancer on September 14th at age 57, leaving behind his wife of 34 years.

Niemi, 53, will participate in a round table discussion on Grief, Healing and Resilience at The Women's Conference 2009 in Long Beach, California, which gathers women to be "educated, inspired and empowered to be Architects of Change in their own lives."

Read the rest of Niemi's story at starpulse.com.

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As Whitney Houston proved this week in her interview with Oprah Winfrey, not all women have to be taken to live their happy best. When you have this much love from your fans, sometimes we wonder, who actually needs romance?!

Whitney Houston Her comeback stuns us all, as did her candid revelations to Oprah. She said Bobby Brown was emotionally abusive and that she allowed their marriage to hold back her best work. After seven years behind closed doors, Whitney's old-school-meets-what's-cool new album I Look to You is number one on the charts this week—and our fave … Read More

Patrick Swayze battled pancreatic cancer for nearly two years before his passing on September 14, 2009.

The Dirty Dancing and Ghost star was a mega-heartthrob to women around the world, but he was well known to have eyes only for one woman: his wife of 34 years, Lisa Niemi.

Patrick and Lisa met in 1970 when Lisa was just 16 years old and Patrick was 20. Lisa was a dance teacher under the instruction of Patrick's mother, and Patrick once commented on their meeting: "I robbed the cradle. All these girls were studying with my mom and I used … Read More

In 2003, after nearly 14 years of marriage, Julie Metz learned that her husband Henry had been cheating on her with multiple women. Shattering to any wife, news of his infidelity hit Metz particularly hard—Henry had passed away six months prior. The revelation of his rampant adultery—including a three-year affair with a close family friend—dealt Metz a second, equally wounding blow. In her memoir, Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal, Metz recounts the aftermath of this revelation and chronicles her path to self-renewal and rediscovery of both love and trust.

Along the way, she confronts her husband's Read More

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How soon is too soon to remarry after tragedy? Rumor has it Lisa Beamer, wife of 9/11 hero Todd Beamer, has remarried. [The Post Chronicle]

Why are unavailable men so attractive? [College Candy]

I like to consider myself an intelligent, rational person. But what I will never get is why a person becomes 10 billion more times appealing to me when they don't want me. The day after our date, I was actually dreading the dude calling me…I didn't want to spend a second evening with the most egotistical person since Read More

Our hearts go out to the family and many friends of DJ AM Adam Goldstein, who was found dead in New York City at age 36 on Friday, August 28, 2009. Celebrity Love: DJ AM's Final Days: Broken-hearted Over A Split

The public knows Adam for his talent as well as his high-profile relationships with stars like Nicole Richie, Mandy Moore and most recently 22-year-old apparel model Hayley Wood, who's been reported to have broken off their eight-month relationship last week.

Richie and Moore appear to be keeping a low profile after news of Adam's … Read More

According to Access Hollywood, sources have confirmed that Debbie Rowe, Michael Jackson's ex-wife and mother of his two eldest children, will attend tomorrow's public memorial service for Michael.

MJ's former business associate Marc Schaffel announced last night that Debbie will sit in the VIP section of the stadium for the service, along with Michael's family and close friends. When a reporter asked him whether Debbie has contacted the family since Michael's death on June 25, he said Debbie had attempted to reach the family but hadn't yet made contact. Can You Stay Friends … Read More

Despite her lawyer's advice to stay silent on her decision about seeking custody of Michael Jackson's children, Debbie Rowe gave a controversial interview to a local Los Angeles television station on Thursday, according to the New York Times.

"I want my children," she told NBC-LA in a 90-minute phone interview. She said she's willing to to undergo DNA testing to prove that she's the kids' mom and that she's psychologically stable. Debbie had son Michael Joseph Jackson, Jr. ("Prince") in 1997 and daughter Paris Michael Jackson in 1998 via artificial insemination. … Read More

Welcome summer!

Yes, we realize summer technically started also two weeks ago, but really isn't the 4th of July the real start of summer?

YourTango this week was busy helping you with technology to marriage to death and everything in between. But in case you were too busy planning that Independence Day picnic, here's this week's best from YourTango.

Feature: 7 Ways To Tell If He Plans To Marry You
Quick and simple ways to tell if he's really into you.

Feature: Perfection Undone: The Day My Husband Died
Grab the tissues before reading this one.

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At age 44, Julie Metz's seemingly perfect life of husband, daughter, work-from-home occupation and house in the suburbs all but disappeared when her husband unexpectedly died. Becoming a widow and a single mother would only be the tip of the iceberg of challenges for Metz, as she later learned of her deceased husband's infidelities. How do you reconcile and forgive when the person who caused you pain is dead? This and other questions serve as the basis for Metz's memoir of "betrayal and renewal," Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal, published in June and currently ranking … Read More