General 'Dirty Dancing' star Patrick Swayze dies at 57

[The Helper]

Patrick Swayze, the hunky actor who danced his way into viewers' hearts with "Dirty Dancing" and then broke them with "Ghost," died Monday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 57.

"Patrick Swayze passed away peacefully today with family at his side after facing the challenges of his illness for the last 20 months," said a statement released Monday evening by his publicist, Annett Wolf. No other details were given.

Fans of the actor were saddened to learn in March 2008 that Swayze was suffering from a particularly deadly form of cancer.

He had kept working despite the diagnosis, putting together a memoir with his wife and shooting "The Beast," an A&E drama series for which he had already made the pilot. It drew a respectable 1.3 million viewers when the 13 episodes ran in 2009, but A&E said it had reluctantly decided not to renew it for a second season.

‘Dirty Dancing’ star Patrick Swayze dies at 57

Patrick Swayze, the actor and classically trained dancer whose role in the enduringly popular “Dirty Dancing” made him a movie star, one who struggled with the alienation of fame and ag…

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RIP Patrick Swayze

 

[seph ir oth]

Seems as if a slew of good actors are just dying off so young recently.

Except for Sean Connery, of course. He will never die. He is the man.

 

[Blackveiled]

Seems as if a slew of good actors are just dying off so young recently.

Except for Sean Connery, of course. He will never die. He is the man.

57 isn't THAT young.

 

[Jackal]

57 isn't THAT young.

Well, without the cancer he still could have had 2 long decades. :/

 

[Seb!]

57 isn't THAT young.

It's pretty young to die, especially if you're rich.

 

[Danny Cross]

This sucks!!! I loved dirty dancing!!!