Publicist: Patrick Swayze dies at 57

Patrick Swayze has died after a nearly
two-year battle with pancreatic cancer.
Swayze's publicist Annett Wolf says the 57-year-old "Dirty
Dancing" actor died Monday with family at his side. He came
forward about his illness last spring, but continued working as he
underwent treatments.
It was 1987 when Swayze became a star with his performance in
"Dirty Dancing," a coming-of-age story set in a Catskills resort.
The 1990 film "Ghost" cemented his status as a screen favorite.
Swayze played a murdered man trying to communicate with his
fiancee through a spirit played by Whoopi Goldberg.
He kept on working even after it was disclosed in March 2008
that he had a particularly deadly form of cancer. He starred in
"The Beast," an A&E drama series, and said he and his wife were
working on a memoir.