http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iI6rYwtW5ttJYhJ51d_aPbnBpDkQD9ANDKJG2

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Wow, we new it was coming but damn I don't like it one bit.  This one made me cry like a baby. 

Rest in peace, Patrick.  We will miss you.  :\'(

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090915/ap_on_en_mo/us_obit_swayze_5


Publicist: Patrick Swayze dies at 57


LOS ANGELES – 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.

"Patrick Swayze passed away peacefully today with family at his side after facing the challenges of his illness for the last 20 months," said a statement released Monday evening by his publicist, Annett Wolf. No other details were given.

Fans of the actor were saddened to learn in March 2008 that Swayze was suffering from a particularly deadly form of cancer.

He had kept working despite the diagnosis, putting together a memoir with his wife and shooting "The Beast," an A&E drama series for which he had already made the pilot. It drew a respectable 1.3 million viewers when the 13 episodes ran in 2009, but A&E said it had reluctantly decided not to renew it for a second season.

Swayze said he opted not to use painkilling drugs while making "The Beast" because they would have taken the edge off his performance. He acknowledged that time might be running out given the grim nature of the disease.

When he first went public with the illness, some reports gave him only weeks to live, but his doctor said his situation was "considerably more optimistic" than that.

"I'd say five years is pretty wishful thinking," Swayze told ABC's Barbara Walters in early 2009. "Two years seems likely if you're going to believe statistics. I want to last until they find a cure, which means I'd better get a fire under it."

A three-time Golden Globe nominee, Swayze became a star with his performance as the misunderstood bad-boy Johnny Castle in "Dirty Dancing." As the son of a choreographer who began his career in musical theater, he seemed a natural to play the role.

A coming-of-age romance starring Jennifer Grey as an idealistic young woman on vacation with her family and Swayze as the Catskills resort's sexy (and much older) dance instructor, the film made great use of both his grace on his feet and his muscular physique.

It became an international phenomenon in the summer of 1987, spawning albums, an Oscar-winning hit song in "(I've Had) the Time of My Life," stage productions and a sequel, 2004's "Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights," in which he made a cameo.


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I just posted this... but you beat me to it...

Such a great loss!  :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'(

Yes, a great loss.
He was so good in Dirty Dancing and especially Ghost.

Can't say that I am big fan of him, but still it is very sad, indeed.

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Rest in peace, Patrick and God speed.

RIP, Dalton...

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My favourite of his will always be 'Next of Kin'.  He was a great actor who had great films and I will miss him terribly.

R.I.P. Patrick.  You were a great actor

This is sad news - such a big loss for us  :\'(  :\'(  :\'(

R.I.P. Patrick Swayze - you will be missed.

Now he really is a ghost

He'll be missed.

sad loss indeed. rest in peace Patrick. 


he was in one of the funniest Saturday Night Live skits ever    (Chippendales audition) with Chris Farley

I enjoyed his characters in  Red Dawn, The Outsiders

Now he really is a ghost

He'll be missed.

"Whooooooooooooooooooo myyyyyyyyyyyyyyy looove, my darling. I've hunngered for yoooooour touch for love..."
It just seemed appropriate. Rest In Peace, Patrick.

Your Pal,
Doc
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"We... had... the time of our lives..."

Suddenly I have a great need to hear She's Like the Wind  :\'(

so sad. :\'(

Im sad to hear of the passing of Mr Swayze but, Im glad he is in eternal peace.  I have  never even seen Dirty dancing but I did see many of his other works and me being silly, I always loved his skit with Chris Farley from yrs ago... I admired his class and courage and I would love to have half his strength.

R.I.P. :\'(
Cancer  SUCKS!

So sad :-(, RIP Patrick Swayze.

20 months is a hell of a long time for pancreatic cancer.

The next time you yell WOLVERINES, remember that most of the kids in Red Dawn ended up dead.

RIP, Patrick.

The next time you yell WOLVERINES, remember that most of the kids in Red Dawn ended up dead.

Maybe so, but they died for their country, and that was not in vain.
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13

The fact that the earliest clip of Patrick I remember was a MASH episode(where he played a soldier diagnosed with leukemia) seems so eerily prophetic now.

Your Pal,
Doc
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Although this was expected, it is still hard news to take. My mother and sister are devastated, as they were major fans of his films. Dirty Dancing is my mother's favorite film of all time, and it seems that whenever I go to her house, she is watching that movie! He was a very talented man, a very accomplished dancer, singer and actor, as well as a king, loving and compassionate family man. He will certainly be missed...  :\'(

  Never cared for his acting, but RIP anyway...

  Cancer sucks...

Suddenly I have a great need to hear She's Like the Wind   :\'(


They were playing that on the radio today...and that's when I heard this sad (but not unexpected) news. I liked him in Roadhouse as well....

I have  never even seen Dirty dancing



You gotta gotta gotta Rent it, and have the time of your life.  I am not the biggest Swazye fan, but I love this movie.  I could watch this segment 1000 times

Nobody puts Baby in a corner

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpmILPAcRQo

He wasn't afraid to show any side of himself (Dirty Dancing, Ghost, Roadhouse, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (where he played a drag queen).

He was incredibly talented in so many areas and fought a brave fight.

He will be missed by many.  :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'(

I was shocked by the news when I heard it on the radio this morning. Some say that Patrick was a brilliant dancer and I've never seen 'Dirty Dancing' or 'Ghost,' which one of my Link Workers thinks are excellent.

RIP Patrick. You've certainly had the time of your life during your acting career.

I've read the his final request was to be cremated, along with every copy of Too Wong Foo ever made.

Your Pal,
Doc
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I was so sorry to hear about this-even though we all knew it was coming.  :\'( :\'( :\'(  I once wrote him a letter (but never mailed it). My thoughts go out to his wife, family & friends.

He will be missed.  :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'(


RIP, Patrick.



Cat

RIP, Dalton...

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Ditto.

Ant

So sad, and it was only last Saturday night I was watching Ghost.

Whoopi had me in tears today on the View....rarely does Whoopi lose composure....she came as close as I've ever seen this morning.

So sad for sure. I knew he had been battling the pancreatic cancer for quite a while, but all the same it is bad when it turns you in. RIP Patrick.

Whoopi had me in tears today on the View....rarely does Whoopi lose composure....she came as close as I've ever seen this morning.


Same here.  I wondered how she would handle it and she did pretty good.  She was very close to the edge, though. 

I watched "Patrick Swayze Christmas" for him...even though it isn't Christmas....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pePFATQTfcI

This was something I saw coming, but it is still such a sad shock.  I practically grew up with Patrick's movies.  It's going to be very hard to watch movies like "The Outsiders", "Dirty Dancing", and "Ghost" now.  :\'(

RIP Patrick Swayze.  :\'(  :\'(  :\'(

Can't say that I am big fan of him, but still it is very sad, indeed.

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Rest in peace, Patrick and God speed.


Same here.  I mean, the movies he was in did not interest me (except "Roadhouse" is a guilty pleasure), but Swayze seemed like a genuinely nice guy and a lot of folks loved him dearly.

Wanted to watch Dirty Dancing last night but Carlos wasn't in the mood for it.  :-\\  Oh well.



Cat

So sad, and it was only last Saturday night I was watching Ghost.

'Ghost' was on Film4 last Saturday night, but I didn't watch it.

perhaps it's been mentioned but tonight there is a profile or bio show on Patrick Swayze's life & career on lifetime or a&e or one of those cable networks.

I forgot all about the movie Point Break where he's a bank robber and Keanu is the cop. I'd watch that and Roadhouse as a double feature

RIP Patrick you will be missed.  He was one hell of an actor and singer.  I thought he was excellent in North and South. :)

RIP Patrick you will be missed.  He was one hell of an actor and singer.  I thought he was excellent in North and South. :)



That's when I fell in love with him.

Suddenly I have a great need to hear She's Like the Wind   :\'(


That is a very pretty song, and I really liked his voice in it...

R.I.P. Patrick... :\'(

That is a very pretty song, and I really liked his voice in it...

R.I.P. Patrick... :\'(



It is a beautiful song.  What makes it even better (IMO) is that his wife Lisa inspired it.

That's when I fell in love with him.


Me too.  I think I watched the tape my parents made of it three times a week for a year.  He was excellent in that.

I've read the his final request was to be cremated, along with every copy of Too Wong Foo ever made.

Your Pal,
Doc
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Are you bitter because he looks better in drag than you??? :-\\

Are you bitter because he looks better in drag than you??? :-\\



Oh Snap!!!!  ;D

Are you bitter because he looks better in drag than you??? :-\\

Not even going to dignify THAT with an answer!

Doc
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Not even going to dignify THAT with an answer!

Doc
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But you pretty much walked right into that.  Don't worry I still like you . . . even without the lip gloss. :)

But you pretty much walked right into that.  Don't worry I still like you . . . even without the lip gloss. :)


*snort*

They played Dirty Dancing last night on ABC Family...

I couldn't stand all the commercials so instead I got out the dvd and watched it in less time! ;)

My favorite part of course is where he is dancing with Jennifer Grey and he puts her hand on his chest and explains the whole dance thing with the beat of his heart...


"Ga-gong... Ga-gong..."

*swoon*

Such sad news..R.I.P. Patrick :\'(

"Ga-gong... Ga-gong..."

*swoon*

Could someone pick up Tam off the dance floor? She's like the wind, but I guess letting her watch DD alone was a mistake.

BTW, did you know AFI credited Patrick with one of the top 100 movie quotes in history? And yes, #97 was in Dirty Dancing.
"Nobody puts Baby in a corner."
It always made me laugh when VH-1 used the line for their ads when they put DD in their Movies That Rock roster.

Your Pal,
Doc
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Could someone pick up Tam off the dance floor? She's like the wind, but I guess letting her watch DD alone was a mistake.

BTW, did you know AFI credited Patrick with one of the top 100 movie quites in history? And yes, #97 was in Dirty Dancing.
"Nobody puts Baby in a corner."
It always made me laugh when VH-1 used the line for their ads when they put DD in their Movies That Rock roster.

Your Pal,
Doc
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Thanks Doc... I needed that pick-me-up! ;D ;)

They played Dirty Dancing last night on ABC Family...

I couldn't stand all the commercials so instead I got out the dvd and watched it in less time! ;)

My favorite part of course is where he is dancing with Jennifer Grey and he puts her hand on his chest and explains the whole dance thing with the beat of his heart...


"Ga-gong... Ga-gong..."

*swoon*



One of my favorite parts is when they are just playing around with the song "Love is Strange". I don't know why, I just love that scene.



Cat

on the collectors edition that I just bought of Red Dawn, the special feature 2nd disc has some wonderful interviews with the cast, and they interview young Patrick during the making and then older Patrick from a few years ago reflecting on the film.


They played Dirty Dancing last night on ABC Family...

I couldn't stand all the commercials so instead I got out the dvd and watched it in less time! ;)

My favorite part of course is where he is dancing with Jennifer Grey and he puts her hand on his chest and explains the whole dance thing with the beat of his heart...


"Ga-gong... Ga-gong..."

*swoon*
from my above post, Lea Thompson said that Jennifer and Patrick did not get along at all during the filming of Red Dawn, and then on their next film Dirty Dancing , they didn't just get along, they got it on!!  :D

only in the movie of course  :)

on the collectors edition that I just bought of Red Dawn, the special feature 2nd disc has some wonderful interviews with the cast, and they interview young Patrick during the making and then older Patrick from a few years ago reflecting on the film.
from my above post, Lea Thompson said that Jennifer and Patrick did not get along at all during the filming of Red Dawn, and then on their next film Dirty Dancing , they didn't just get along, they got it on!!  :D

only in the movie of course  :)



you know how there's a thin line between love and hate... well all that tension from their not liking each other really worked and read as lust on screen It was an amazing chemistry.... that scene where he runs his hand down her arm and she keeps laughing- that was real. They were trying to get the shot and Jen kept laughing. Patrick was getting seriously annoyed. That was not Johnny Castle losing his patience that was Patrick Swayze but the director decided to keep it in because he thought it worked.... and he was right.

btw, Ghost is on tv again tonight.

point break was on last night but I missed it... I'm gonna catch it again on Wed.

btw, Ghost is on tv again tonight.
..and Dirty Dancing is on tomorrow night.

Just like with Michael Jackson, I never really liked his music until his death.... shame, really. R.I.P.

The title of this thread brings a thought to mind.

Maybe Elton John can do a reworked version fo Candle in the Wind for Patrick Swayze.

"Goodbye Patrick Swayze..."