‘Dirty Dancing’ town planning memorial for Patrick Swayze

September 30th, 2009 LONDON - A private memorial service to honour actor Patrick Swayze will be held at Sony Studios in Culver City, California, Sunday. The late actor's mother Patsy, brother Donald and wife Lisa Niemi are expected to attend the exclusive get-together, reported aceshowbiz.com.

September 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Late actor Patrick Swayze's family will be holding a private memorial in California on October 4. The 'Dirty Dancing' actor lost his battle to pancreatic cancer on Sept 14.

September 25th, 2009 A-HA frontman MORTEN HARKET smiles when fans point out his resemblance to PATRICK SWAYZE - because it was the actor himself who first noticed their similarity. The Take On Me hitmaker admits he was upset after hearing Swayze had passed away earlier this month (Sep09) because he was a big fan of the Dirty Dancing star - who couldn't believe how much the two stars looked alike.

September 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Late American actor Patrick Swayze had reporetedly found the movie "Dirty Dancing" to be a little clean when he first read the script. Swayze, who died on September 14 from cancer, had written in his memoir 'The Time of My Life', which comes out next week, about the impression he got from the film, reports the China Daily.

September 22nd, 2009 PATRICK SWAYZE was considering poking fun at his two greatest movie roles as a zombie in a TV project that has become a much-hyped new film. The Dirty Dancing star was approached to play a member of the undead in horror comedy Zombieland, but had to turn the cameo down when he became ill.

September 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Late actor Patrick Swayze was offered a role of a zombie in horror comedy Zombieland before he fell ill. According to film writer Rhett Reese, the hunk was in fact supposed to lampoon classic scenes from his own films 'Ghost' and 'Dirty Dancing'.

September 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US show 'Dancing With The Stars' will pay respect to late actor/dancer Patrick Swayze in an episode in their new season. The show's professionals will perform interpretive dances to the tunes from his hit films Dirty Dancing and Ghost.

September 17th, 2009 Late actor PATRICK SWAYZE is to be remembered by residents of the North Carolina community where he filmed DIRTY DANCING. Swayze lost his battle with pancreatic cancer on Monday (14Sep09), aged 57, after a life spent wowing movie audiences with great roles, but his best remembered will always be 1987 love story Dirty Dancing, in which he played summer camp dance teacher Johnny Castle.

September 15th, 2009 Patrick Swayze is no more. The hollywood hunk who danced to people's hearts with Dirty Dancing, succumbed to death at the age of 57 with pancreatic cancer.

September 15th, 2009 Dirty Dancing star, Patrick Swayze (57) is no more. The actor, who had been battling against pancreatic cancer for the last 20 months, has succumbed to his illness.

September 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Late actor Patrick Swayze's 'Dirty Dancing' co-star Jennifer Grey remembers him as "real cowboy with a tender heart". Swayze died at age 57 on Monday after a long battle with pancreatic cancer "When I think of him, I think of being in his arms when we were kids, dancing, practicing the lift in the freezing lake, having a blast doing this tiny little movie we thought no one would ever see," People magazine quoted her as saying.

September 15th, 2009 We are all sad at how suddenly Patrick Swayze died. The famous star of Ghost and Dirty Dancing, died at the age of 57 due to pancreatic cancer.

September 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Veteran actor Patrick Swayze died of pancreatic cancer on Monday, aged 57. The 'Dirty Dancing' star lost his battle to cancer after struggling for at least 20 months.

September 14th, 2009 NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES - Hollywood actor Patrick Swayze has died at 57, spokeswoman Annett Wolf told The Hollywood Reporter Monday. He had publicly battled cancer for nearly two years, continuing to act in television projects.

July 20th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - Actor Patrick Swayze seems to have regained his health, 18 months after being diagnosed with cancer. The 56-year-old "Dirty Dancing" actor was spotted wearing a cowboy hat, sunglasses and a new goatee beard at a fast food joint here, reported thesun.co.uk.