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(The Associated Press) Patrick Swayze, right, accompanied by his wife Lisa Niemi in 2005.

Actor Patrick Swayze, 57, Dies of Pancreatic Cancer

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Patrick Swayze, an actor who enjoyed brief popularity in Hollywood as the snake-hipped charmer of "Dirty Dancing" and a romantic lead from beyond the grave in "Ghost," died Sept. 14 in Los Angeles. He died of pancreatic cancer, which was diagnosed last year. He was 57.

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