Patrick Swayze, mutambi akatidzidzisa kutamba naye Dirty Dancing, uyo akaita kuti ticheme na chipoko uye izvo zvakaita kuti tizunguze pamwe neapo neapo chiito chemufirimu, akarasikirwa nehondo yake pachezvake nepancreatic cancer yaakatambura kweanoda kusvika makore matatu. Uyu mutambi-wemakore makumi mashanu nemanomwe mutambi, mwanakomana wevagadziri vemifananidzo, aigara achiziva maitiro ekuenderana neese mabasa aakapihwa, zvese semunhu anorwadzisa moyo uye semurume akaoma.
Pakutanga kwa2008 akaonekwa aine kenza yepancreatic uye zvishoma nezvishoma zvaimudya, sezvo iri imwe yekenza yakaipisisa iriko uye inopa tarisiro yeupenyu ingangoita makore mashanu angangoita uye kwete mavhiki mashanu sezvavakauya kuzozivisa mapepanhau akasiyana siyana e "muchina weyellow”Kana yekuAmerican tabloid yekudhinda.
Swayze akashaya akakomberedzwa nemhuri yake mushure mekurwa nesimba rake rese kurwisa chirwere ichi kwemwedzi ingangosvika makumi maviri. Imwe nguva asati afa, mune kumwe kwekubvunzurudzwa kwekupedzisira, akataura kuti kurwara kwake kwaisashuvira kune chero munhu, kuti aipfuura negehena chairo uye kuti aive ari mukutya kukuru.
Kunyangwe muhupenyu hwake chaihwo aive nematambudziko nedoro, chimwe chinhu chaive nebasa pabasa rake rehunhu, aigara aine simba rekuramba achienda, asi panguva ino aifanira kurasikirwa. Iye zvino atisiira senhaka basa rizere nema cinematographic kumusoro nekudzika asi nemafirimu anozivikanwa seGhost, Dirty Dancing kana Ivo Vanomuti Bodhi.