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Swayze Diagnosed With Cancer

March 6, 2008 by Sam Sloan   || Category: Other

swayze.jpgPatrick Swayze, age 55, the charismatic actor of such big screen mega-hits as “Ghost” with Demi Moore and “Dirty Dancing” has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, published reports said on Wednesday.

While Swayze, received the sad news over a month ago it is just now making the press circuit.

The actor actually began in show business as an accomplished dancer, a talent he was able to showcase in his most successful film “Dirty Dancing.” He is also a pretty fair singer with hits like “Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner” and “She’s Like the Wind.”

Raised by his mother in Houston, Texas, dancing is part of his DNA as his mother, also an accomplished dancer and professional choreographer got him to hoofing at a very early age.

Some of Swayze’s more familiar roles have been in films like “Donnie Darko,” “Point Break,” “Road House,” and the award winning television miniseries “North and South.”

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2 Responses to “Swayze Diagnosed With Cancer”

  1. Mr Wall on March 6th, 2008 5:02 am

    wow… I really feel bad for the guy, my prayers go out to him

  2. Maddy on September 4th, 2008 12:31 pm

    This is a very informative post about cancer.My niece is still suffering from side effects of a pancreatic Cancer she had after suffering from Stomach cancer.Thanks for such a useful post about cancer.
    Thanks for your time to wrote this post.

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