What films resulted in golden globe nominations for Patrick Swayze other than “To Wong Foo”?”
Patrick Swayze, whose role as a dance instructor in Dirty Dancing made him one of the iconic film stars of the 1980s, has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Swayze, an actor and dancer who reinforced his status as a sex symbol opposite Demi Moore in the 1990 romance Ghost, died at his home. He was 57. “Patrick Swayze passed away peacefully today with family at his side after facing the challenges of his illness for the last 20 months,” a statement released on Monday evening by his publicist, Annett Wolf, said. No other details were given. Swayze became one of Hollywood’s top stars with 1987’s Dirty Dancing, which defied Hollywood expectations to become one of the most-watched films of all time. He earned three Golden Globe nominations – for Dirty Dancing, Ghost and 1995’s To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar. Box-office hits Dirty Dancing, which was made for a modest budget and almost scrapped by its studio, became a huge box-office hit, earning Golden Globe nomina
