Date of Birth : Aug 18th 1952
American actor, dancer, and singer-songwriter.
Patrick Swayze was best-known as a romantic leading man in films such as Dirty Dancing (1987) and Ghost (1990), for which he received Golden Globe nominations, along with his performance in To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995). He was listed by People magazine as its “Sexiest Man Alive” in 1991.
Diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer in January 2008, he had a public battle with the disease and sadly died on 14th September 2009, ages 57.
Patrick worked right up until his death. He signed on to be the lead in a ABC television series, The Beast, which begin airing on January 15, 2009.