Swayze Tragedy Hit Dirty Dancing Co-star Hard

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 24th, 2009 Too clean? Swayze once doubted 'Dirty Dancing'NEW YORK — "Dirty Dancing" made Patrick Swayze a superstar, but when he first read the script, he found it a little clean. The actor, who died Sept.

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 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 Patrick Swayze, the star of famous Hollywood movies like "Ghost" and "Dirty Dancing" died at the age of 57 on September 14. Though this news was not entirely unexpected as the actor reportedly was suffering from pancreatic cancer since January last year, yet it has shocked his fans and colleagues quite a bit.

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 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 14th, 2009 'Dirty Dancing' star Patrick Swayze at 57LOS 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.

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.

August 20th, 2009 Patrick Swayze’s popular film, Dirty Dancing, in which he starred as a dance instructor, is set to get a remake. The original raked USD 213 million (Pound 133 million) at the worldwide box office, and catapulted the actor to instant fame.

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.