Actor Patrick Swayze's 'Dirty Dancing' co-star Jennifer Grey led tributes today after he lost his two-year battle with pancreatic cancer.
Grey said: "Patrick was a rare and beautiful combination of raw masculinity and amazing grace. Gorgeous and strong, he was a real cowboy with a tender heart. He was fearless and insisted on always doing his own stunts, so it was not surprising to me that the war he waged on his cancer was so courageous and dignified."
Swayze shot to fame in 1987 with his performance as dance instructor Johnny Castle in 'Dirty Dancing', a coming-of-age story set in a Catskills resort in New York.
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Whoopi Goldberg, who co-starred with Swayze in 'Ghost' said today: "Patrick was a really good man, a funny man and one to whom I owe much that I can't ever repay. I believe in Ghost's message, so he'll always be near."
'Ghost' star Demi Moore said his "light will shine forever". She continued: "Patrick you are loved by so many and your light will forever shine in all of our lives." Moore added: "And in the words of Sam to Molly (characters from Ghost). 'It's amazing Molly. The love inside, you take it with you.'
"I love and will miss you Patrick."
