In this second promo image, you'll see that Swayze, who was 5 feet 10 inches tall, according to IMDb, is not just up on a plank of wood, but leaning on the front of his feet. Plus he's got his arm ...

Patrick Swayze, the star of runaway hits like Ghost and Dirty Dancing, died Sept. 14, ... Swayze, born in 1952 in Houston, played football as a teenager but turned to dancing by the late 1960s.

Patrick Swayze and Lisa Niemi's book about love, life and fighting cancer. By ABC News. October 26, 2009, 11:57 AM. Nov. 3, 2009— -- In a memoir Patrick Swayze and his wife, Lisa Niemi ...

I really, really dig Patrick Swayze. And I don’t mean that in an ironic, kitschy way, the way some people dig Journey’s Greatest Hits album or reruns of “Mama’s Family.” I mean it sincerely.

Nov. 3, 2009— -- In September, actor Patrick Swayze died at age 57 after a 22-month battle with pancreatic cancer. He beat the odds, outliving his initial prognosis by more than a year and a ...

Tom Cruise, Rob Lowe, C. Thomas Howell, Ralph Macchio, Matt Dillon, Emilio Estevez and Patrick Swayze strike another pose on the set of 'The Outsiders'. Nancy Moran/Sygma via Getty.

In this second promo image, you'll see that Swayze, who was 5 feet 10 inches tall, according to IMDb, is not just up on a plank of wood, but leaning on the front of his feet. Plus he's got his arm ...