After a long battle with pancreatic cancer, Patrick Swayze has died at the age of 57.
Whether as a romantic lead, an action hero, a drag queen or a sleazy evangelist (remember Donnie Darko? He was ace in that) Swayze has always been a compelling presence onscreen. We and Hollywood are all the poorer for his passing.
It was first announced way back in March 2008 that Swayze had been diagnosed with cancer, and at that time the prognosis looked to be very short. The fact that he lasted another 18 months is a testament to his strength and the support of this family.
Of course it took about five seconds for tasteless jokes to start popping up on Twitter and, without trying to speak ill of the recently deceased, my favourites were these:
Ghost 2 is now in production ... and "nobody puts baby in a coffin."
Too soon, people. Too soon.
The way I heard was from a tweet by someone who said "OMFG, Kanye West killed Patrick Swayze!"
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