The Truth: 
On September 14, 2009, the
Associated Press reported that a publicist for Patrick Swayze said that
actor had died.
Reports began
circulating early in March, 2008 that Swayze had been diagnosed and
underwent treatment for cancer of the pancreas. The news was
broken by The National Enquirer newspaper. Later Swayze's
publicist confirmed that the actor did have pancreatic cancer.
Swayze was also a dancer, singer, and songwriter whose first big hit was
the film Dirty Dancing in 1987. Another of his memorable
films was Ghost with Whoopi Goldberg and Demi Moore.
Updated 9/13/09
