the couple moved to New York City to pursue their dance careers until the late 1970s, when they relocated to Los Angeles, California. In addition to dancing and filmmaking, they ran a construction business and raised horses together. The Swayzes had no children. In 1985, Lisa Swayze began living on a homestead near the Angeles National Forest, along with a "menagerie of dogs, prized Arabian horses and rodeo cattle". She also had a ranch in New Mexico. She is a licensed pilot and flew Swayze to his cancer treatments prior to his death. While filming One Last Dance in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Niemi was made an honorary citizen of the city. After her husband's death, she became the Chief Ambassador of Hope for Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. In July 2011, she was made a Dame of the Royal Order of Francis I of the Two Sicilies. On December 28, 2013, it was announced that she was engaged to Albert DePrisco, a jeweler. On May 25, 2014, the couple were married. Bibliography Swayze, Patrick; Niemi Swayze, Lisa: The Time of My Life. Atria Books, 2010. Niemi Swayze, Lisa: Worth Fighting For: Love, Loss, and Moving Forward. Atria Books, 2012. References External links 1956 births Living people Actresses from Houston American choreographers American female dancers American dancers American film actresses Screenwriters from Texas American television actresses American people of Finnish descent American women film directors American women screenwriters Film directors from Texas 21st-century American women