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At the age of 57, he lost his battle with pancreatic cancer. "Patrick Swayze passed away peacefully today with family at his side after facing the challenges of his illness for the last 20 months," his rep said in a statement.
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In the 80s, all teen girls swooned at the sight of Swayze as Johnny Castle, a dance instructor with moves naughty enough to seduce Baby Houseman (Jennifer Grey).
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The film had us teary-eyed in cinemas and has become a home video favourite. Starring Demi Moore as his mourning wife, Patrick Swayze's reincarnation as a ghost who loves her into the afterlife is still one of the most romantic films of all time.
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Ghost leaves you with the belief that your loved ones only die when you forget them, with the tagline "The love inside - you take it with you". A bitter-sweet story that touches your heart.
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Never afraid to poke fun at himself, Swayze appeared as a Chippendale in a skit on Saturday Night Life in the 80s.
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Swayze starred with Wesley Snipes and John Leguizamo as a trio of drag queens on a cross-country journey in "To Wong Foo Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar".
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Keanu Reeves starred as an FBI Agent in this thriller alongside Patrick Swayze, a surfer who may have a penchant for robbing banks. The undercover story sealed his status as an action man.
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In the 80's classic Road House, Patrick showed that he could fight as well as he could dance.
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The iconic actor reveled in his role in the 1984 war film, Red Dawn, which was the first movie in film history to be released in the US with a Motion Picture Association of America PG-13 rating.
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Swayze loved his drama. In his younger years, he starred alongside Tom Cruise, in 1983's The Outsiders, an adaptation of the 1967 novel of the same name by S. E. Hinton.
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The actor earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1987 and attended the unveiling with his wife, Lisa.
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