Sad news out of Hollywood.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Patrick Swayze has died after a nearly two-year battle with pancreatic cancer.
Swayze’s publicist Annett Wolf says the 57-year-old “Dirty Dancing” actor died Monday with family at his side. He came forward about his illness last spring, but continued working as he underwent treatments.
It was 1987 when Swayze became a star with his performance in “Dirty Dancing,” a coming-of-age story set in a Catskills resort. The 1990 film “Ghost” cemented his status as a screen favorite.
The Dirty Dancing soundtrack was my anthem during the summer of ’87. I had the cassette (dating myself, I know) and literally wore it out. I’ll always think of him as Johnny Castle uttering the oft repeated sentence “Nobody puts Baby in the corner.”
R.I.P. Patrick.
RIP…
Red Dawn
Road House
shhh..( Ghost)
And chippendales with Chris Farley : )
What a frightening illness – 4% survival rate. I hope that he is finding peace and joy in another place.
I swear that Dirty Dancing must be shown 100 times on various cable channels every year!
Whatever happened to Jennifer Grey?
yes, i think that too! i love that movie soo muchh….r.i.p patrick swayze!!
The last Patrick Swayze movie I saw him in was a really cute 2005 British flick (a dark comedy) with Maggie Smith and Kristen Scott Thomas called “Keeping Mum”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeping_Mum
You ought to rent it one night. I recommend it.
Dirty Dancing. The Braveheart of feel good chick flicks.
I’ve always found it deliciously ironic that Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze also starred in Red Dawn, perhaps the most gory guy flick ever made.
R.I.P. Patrick
WOLVERINES!
DIRK!