Dirty Dancing star loses battle to pancreatic cancer at 57

Patrick Swayze, the balletically athletic actor who rose to stardom in the films Dirty Dancing and Ghost and whose battle with pancreatic cancer drew wide attention, died Monday. He was 57. His publicist, said in Los Angeles that Swayze had died with family members at his side.

Swayze's cancer was diagnosed in January 2008. Six months later he had outlived his prognosis and was filmed at an airport calling himself, "a miracle dude".

He even went on to star in The Beast, a drama series. He filmed a complete season while undergoing treatment. "How do you nurture a positive attitude when all the statistics say you're a dead man?" he said. "You go to work."

A week before the series began, Swayze appeared on the Barbara Walters Special on ABC

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