Lisa Niemi and Albert Deprisco Today: Everything Fans Ask About Their Marriage and Legacy
By Sophia Al-Mansoor
The introduction between Niemi and DePrisco came through mutual friends during a birthday party in California in 2012. At the time, Niemi remained cautious about romantic entanglements. Swayze died in September 2009 after a brutal 20-month fight with pancreatic cancer, leaving Niemi emotionally spent after 34 years of marriage.
DePrisco brought an entirely different world to the table. As a long-standing jeweler and owner of DePrisco Jewelers in Wellesley and Boston, Massachusetts, he had built a career rooted in high-end design, diamond appraisal, and family retail business rather than entertainment circles. That distance from Hollywood proved foundational.
Friends noted that DePrisco possessed an easy, unassuming confidence. He did not ask Niemi to minimize her past. Instead, their relationship grew over shared dinners, quiet flights across the country, and candid conversations about grief, expectations, and personal independence. By late December 2013, DePrisco proposed with an artisan-cut diamond, signaling a permanent commitment.
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