Ghost star Patrick Swayze dies at 57 of a Pancreatic Cancer

Patrick Swayze

It did not come as a surprise though, it sounded shocking to his fans when on Monday evening, Annett Wolf, Swayze’s publicist announced in a statement the sad news: “Patrick Swayze passed away peacefully today [in Los Angeles] with family at his side after facing the challenge of his illness for the last 20 months.” But Wolf would not give further details.

It was unveiled in March 2008 that Dirty Dancing, The Beast and Ghost star Patrick Swayze, who had managed to sparkle moviegoers’ heart was suffering from a fatal form of cancer. Given the grim nature of the disease, many reports suggested that Swayze had only some few weeks ahead of him, but his doctor refuted the claims saying that the situation was “considered more optimistic” than it seemed.