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Re: Patrick Swayze has Pancreatic Cancer :(
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor and dancer Patrick Swayze, star of such hit films as "Dirty Dancing" and "Ghost," has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer but is responding well to treatment, his publicist said on Wednesday.
The 55-year-old performer was working during his treatments, publicist Annett Wolf said, dismissing reports in the tabloid media that portrayed him in grave condition with only weeks to live.
Wolf issued a written statement from his physician, Dr. George Fisher that said: "Patrick has a very limited amount of disease and he appears to be responding well to treatment."
"All of the reports stating the timeframe of his prognosis and his physical side effects are absolutely untrue," Fisher said in the statement. "We are considerably more optimistic."
Wolf said Swayze deeply appreciated the "outpouring of support and concern" he has received from the public.
Though Swayze has had dozens of film, TV and stage roles, he is best known for starring as dance instructor Johnny Castle opposite Jennifer Grey's character, infatuated teenager Frances "Baby" Houseman, in "Dirty Dancing."
The film, which centers on an unlikely romance between the pair at a 1960s resort in the Catskills of New York, defied expectations to become a massive hit, earning both actors Golden Globe Award nominations.
Swayze performed the song "She's Like the Wind" for the movie's soundtrack and his signature line, "Nobody puts Baby in the corner," has become a pop culture staple.
"Dirty Dancing," which also featured the Oscar-winning song "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" -- remains widely popular two decades later and is replayed almost constantly on TV in the United States.
Swayze went on to star alongside Demi Moore in the 1990 tear-jerker romance "Ghost," which also became a huge box office hit and was nominated for an Academy Award for best picture.
The Texas-born Swayze, whose dancer-choreographer mother owned a Houston ballet studio, began performing at an early age and got his start in show business as a dancer and on the stage before landing film and TV roles in Hollywood.
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I feel so bad for him and his family, this is a tough cancer to beat, I hope he atleast gets 5 years.
Re: Patrick Swayze has Pancreatic Cancer :(
That's too bad. Forget those crappy chick flicks like Dirty Dancing & Ghost, his roles in Red Dawn & Roadhouse are two of the greatest ever! Wow, I didn't realize it til I wrote this, but he was in the ultimate girl & guy movies. Not too many actors can pull that off.
Re: Patrick Swayze has Pancreatic Cancer :(
That's too bad. Forget those crappy chick flicks like Dirty Dancing & Ghost, his roles in Red Dawn & Roadhouse are two of the greatest ever! Wow, I didn't realize it til I wrote this, but he was in the ultimate girl & guy movies. Not too many actors can pull that off.
Don't forget North&South.
Great actor when he wanted to. He'll pull through.
- DoubleTalkingJive
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Re: Patrick Swayze has Pancreatic Cancer :(
That's too bad. Forget those crappy chick flicks like Dirty Dancing & Ghost, his roles in Red Dawn & Roadhouse are two of the greatest ever! Wow, I didn't realize it til I wrote this, but he was in the ultimate girl & guy movies. Not too many actors can pull that off.
Yeah he really was, I thought Ghost was such a great movie and I really did like Roadhouse and Red Dawn as well which had alot of stars in it. As Pasnow mentioned The Outsiders, I know that was my favorite movie when it came out in the 80's and it launched his career.
So heart breaking........
