LOS ANGELES,
California -- Patrick
Swayze, whose hunky good looks
and sympathetic performances in
such films as "Dirty Dancing"
and "Ghost" made him a romantic
idol to millions, died Monday.
He was 57.
Patrick Swayze's
doctor said in
March 2008 that
Swayze was
suffering from
pancreatic
cancer.
Swayze died
of pancreatic cancer, his
publicist, Annett Wolf, told
CNN.
"Patrick
Swayze passed away peacefully
today with family at his side
after facing the challenges of
his illness for the last 20
months," Wolf said in a
statement Monday.