[bette]

I am just heartbroken. He was my very first crush. He was a really good guy too.

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.

[jeanettebr]

this is so sad.....

[Faith]

I just read that, Bette. So sad.

Here's a few more details~

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.

[Stacey012345]

That is just SO sad.

[lilac48604]

OMG!! I had a HUGE crush on him too! That's so sad! (

[kimmyann123]

omg! i just loved him thats so sad,........

[mmtinga]

So sad. I loved Dirty Dancing all those years ago.

[KellyMarie]

I am so sad now

[JaimeDae]

This is the first I'm hearing of this, it's soo sad!

[bette]

Yeah, I had posters of him all over my walls growing up. He truly was my first love.

[rah0101]

He made alot of great movies. Our fav was Road House. May he rest in peace.

[NinaJo]

Rip..........

[skbrush]

[mamacitaperez]

I AM VERY HEARTBROKEN ..............

[KellyMarie]

One of my fave videos of him dancing with his wife:

YouTube - Patrick Swayze & Wife Dancing At World Music Awards 1994

YouTube - Patrick Swayze & Wife Dancing At World Music Awards 1994

[nickim]

[carmended]

I just heard that is so sad!! :-(

[Stacey012345]

Originally Posted by KellyMarie

One of my fave videos of him dancing with his wife:

YouTube - Patrick Swayze & Wife Dancing At World Music Awards 1994

I never saw that, it was just beautiful.

[KellyMarie]

Originally Posted by Stacey012345

I never saw that, it was just beautiful.

They danced together once on Saturday Night Live on their 15th anniversary, years ago, and I cannot find the video anywhere......that SNL episode was when I truly became a devoted fan...he had promised his wife they would go dancing on their anniversary and he had to host SNL, so in lieu of a monolouge, he had her come on stage and they danced.......it was so touching
RIP Patrick

[sambelina]

So sad

[cjaxon05]

I am so sad I don't even know what to say.

[SusanOhio]

Makes me sad too! He seemed like a truly genuine family man and good person! He will be missed. Cancer is such a curse!!!

[BaileyandAbby]

I literally feel heartbroken. I think about his wife and it just makes me want to cry. To live every day loving someone and sharing your life with that person and then to watch them go through what he has gone through is unthinkable. I know how hard it was to watch my sister and my father go though it. I pray that his wife and family find peace in knowing that his battle is over and that he is at peace.

[Faith]

The finale' from Dirty Dancing~ Great stuff!

Dailymotion - Dirty dancing final Patrick Swayze - une vidéo Musique

[Stacey012345]

Originally Posted by Faith

The finale' from Dirty Dancing~ Great stuff!

Dailymotion - Dirty dancing final Patrick Swayze - une vidéo Musique

My favorite scene, love it, loved him in it. I'm just so sad.