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15-09-09, 11:29
U.S. movie actor Patrick Swayze, star of box-office hits such as "Dirty Dancing" and "Ghost," has died of pancreatic cancer at age 57.
Swayze's publicist announced his death Monday, saying the actor "passed away peacefully... with family at his side."
Swayze first found fame in the early 1980s in the adaptation of a teen novel, S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders. A trained dancer, Swayze became a cinema heartthrob and Golden Globe award nominee with 1987's Dirty Dancing and reached the height of his fame and acclaim three years later in the romantic film Ghost.
He worked steadily in films over the next two decades, transitioning into smaller character roles.
Swayze first announced his illness in March 2008. Pancreatic cancer is a particularly deadly form of cancer; fewer than five percent of people diagnosed with it survive five years.
Swayze worked long after his diagnosis, starring in a television program called The Beast that ran for one season in 2008 and 2009.
http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/09/15/2009091500744.html
R.I.P Patrick Swayze.
But, if his films have taught us anything, Whoopi Goldberg will be channeling him soon enough.
Swayze's publicist announced his death Monday, saying the actor "passed away peacefully... with family at his side."
Swayze first found fame in the early 1980s in the adaptation of a teen novel, S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders. A trained dancer, Swayze became a cinema heartthrob and Golden Globe award nominee with 1987's Dirty Dancing and reached the height of his fame and acclaim three years later in the romantic film Ghost.
He worked steadily in films over the next two decades, transitioning into smaller character roles.
Swayze first announced his illness in March 2008. Pancreatic cancer is a particularly deadly form of cancer; fewer than five percent of people diagnosed with it survive five years.
Swayze worked long after his diagnosis, starring in a television program called The Beast that ran for one season in 2008 and 2009.
http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/09/15/2009091500744.html
R.I.P Patrick Swayze.
But, if his films have taught us anything, Whoopi Goldberg will be channeling him soon enough.