Patrick Swayze, the hunky actor who danced his way into viewers' hearts with "Dirty Dancing" and then broke them with "Ghost," died today after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 57.
Swayze was diagnosed with advanced stage-four pancreatic cancer in January 2008, leaving him with only a one-per cent chance of surviving longer than five years, according to medical experts.
The actor had bravely fought the disease in the public eye, continuing to work on set despite gruelling cancer treatment and significant weight loss.
Swayze shot to superstardom in 1987 with his film Dirty Dancing, a steamy international blockbuster in which he played a dancing teacher to a young wallflower who starts to bloom.
His next big hit came in 1990's Ghost, where he starred opposite Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg in a hit romantic drama that won Goldberg an Oscar.
Swayze followed that up with a memorable performance in the fast-paced action-thriller Point Break in 1991, where he played the charismatic leader of a gang of surfing bank-robbers being hunted by Keanu Reeves.
god bless his soul!!!!
