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Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28582715/ns/entertainment-celebrities/

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Patrick Swayze succumbs to pancreatic cancer

‘Dirty Dancing’ star, 57, battled disease since January 2008

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.

ETA: The People obituary...

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20243864,00.html

...quotes Natasha Richardson in the present tense, who died in March.

Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :

[Frown]

Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :

Light Yogami strikes again.

Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :

Y'know, someone who married before becoming a Hollywood star and remained with the same person until his death probably had something really going for him on a personal level.

Farewell, Mr. Swayze.

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Sterling:
Y'know, someone who married before becoming a Hollywood star and remained with the same person until his death probably had something really going for him on a personal level.

I was thinking something similar.

Posted by AvidReader (Member # 6007) on :

I didn't realize two years was the norm for pancreatic cancer. I thought six months to a year was about it. Maybe people are starting to catch it earlier?

I very much admire the dignity with which he handled his life and career. There went one of the good ones.

Posted by Magson (Member # 2300) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Sterling:
Y'know, someone who married before becoming a Hollywood star and remained with the same person until his death probably had something really going for him on a personal level.

Farewell, Mr. Swayze.

Ya know.. his wife actually was the female lead in a movie with him [Wink]

But yeah, by all accounts he was an awesome person 1st, a movie star 2nd. I've loved every movie I've seen him in.

Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Magson:
Ya know.. his wife actually was the female lead in a movie with him

But yeah, by all accounts he was an awesome person 1st, a movie star 2nd. I've loved every movie I've seen him in.

True... They were apparently both in "Steel Dawn" in 1987, according to imdb. But they married in 1975, just to clarify.

Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :

He was doing so well! Everyone was so proud of the progress he was making with recovering from his cancer!! [Frown]

That's so sad.

Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :

My favorite Patrick Swayze moment has to be the Chippendale tryouts dance off with Chris Farley.