Patrick Swayze dies at 57

...after cancer battle

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Actor Patrick Swayze has died after a battle with cancer...

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Swayze broke through with his performance in 1987's "Dirty Dancing."

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Three years later, he became an even bigger star with "Ghost,"

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...which helped make him People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive."

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"We will miss you, Patrick..."

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Source: CNN - 14/Sep/2009.