Dirty Dancing and Ghost star Patrick Swayze lost his battle with pancreatic cancer today. 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,” his rep said in a statement.
Swayze’s co-star in The Outsiders and Youngblood, Rob Lowe, said the actor “lived a hundred lifetimes in one. I will remember him for that, and I will remember him for how much he loved his wife Lisa. He definitely made the most out of it.”
Swayze most recently starred in A&E’s The Beast.
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Update 1: Click here to read reactions from Swayze’s friends and co-stars, including Whoopi Goldberg, C. Thomas Howell, and Travis Fimmel.
Update 2: Now click here for reactions from Ashton Kutcher, Alyssa Milano, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Update 3: Jennifer Grey, Demi Moore, and Dirty Dancing and To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar choreographer Kenny Ortega have also expressed their sorrow.
Update 4: Ditto Keanu Reeves.
1 comment:
So sad, but glad to hear he's no longer in pain. He was too good for cancer to put him in any corner. And it didn't.
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