Patrick Swayze, "Dirty Dancing" star dies at 57

Patrick Swayze, "Dirty Dancing" star dies at 57. Patrick Swayze at 57 died on Monday (September 14, 2009) after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. The hunky actor who danced his way into moviegoers' hearts with "Dirty Dancing" and then broke them with "Ghost".

Patrick Swayze passed away peacefully today with family at his side after facing the challenges of his illness for the last 20 months," his publicist, Annett Wolf, said in a statement Monday evening. Swayze died in Los Angeles, Wolf said, but she declined to give further details.

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