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I can't say I was ever a big Patrick Swayze fan, though his mark on my generation cannot be disputed. Dirty Dancing may have been insufferable for me, but it was a phenomenon for my age group. Throw in The Outsiders, Roadhouse and Red Dawn, and you have a huge pop culture dynamo. My personal favorites were his appearance as a Chippendale's dancer with Chris Farley on Saturday Night Live, of course Ghost.
His passing doesn't come as a shock, but it is yet another reminder of Generation X's mortality, with one more of our icons fading away. RIP, Patrick.
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Patrick Swayze Loses His Battle With Cancer at 57
Patrick Swayze, the hunky actor who starred in two of the biggest romantic hits of the 1980s, 'Ghost' and 'Dirty Dancing,' died Monday after a spirited 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 by his publicist, Annett Wolf. . .
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