Actor Patrick Swayze, best known for his performances in “Dirty Dancing” and “Ghost,” died Monday following a battle with pancreatic cancer lasting more than a year.
Fellow celebrities mourned his death on twitter, including Ashton Kutcher. Demi Moore, who is married to Kutcher, acted alongside Swayze in “Ghost.”
Kutcher tweeted: “RIP P SWAYZE,” along with a link to this YouTube clip showing Swayze in a popular “Saturday Night Live” sketch dancing next to the late Chris Farley shirtless.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otlmUWuJSvw
Swayze was one of the top topics on twitter Monday.
He reportedly continued working and shooting shows even though even though he had cancer.
Following the diagnosis, Swayze told Barbara Walters in an interview he expected to live longer than he ended up living.
“I’d say five years is pretty wishful thinking,” Swayze said in early 2009. “Two years seems likely if you’re going to believe statistics. I want to last until they find a cure, which means I’d better get a fire under it.”
He was 57.
