Wed Nov 4, 7:17 PM

In this Nov. 2, 2009 image released by Career Transition for Dancers, Lisa Niemi, dancer and widow of actor Patrick Swayze, speaks as she accepts the 2009 Rolex Dance Award on behalf of her late husband at the CTFD gala, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/Career Transition for Dancers, Richard Termine)