Why is the movie dirty dancing being praised?
Patrick Swayze’s Dirty Dancing co-star paid tribute today to ‘a real cowboy with a tender heart’. Jennifer Grey, 49, played Frances ‘Baby’ Houseman in the 1987 film that shot classically trained dancer Swayze to fame. She said: ‘Patrick was a rare and beautiful combination of raw masculinity and amazing grace. ‘When I think of him, I think of being in his arms when we were kids, dancing, having a blast, doing this tiny movie we thought no one would see.’ Unforgettable roles: Patrick Swayze shot to fame in the 1987 movie Dirty Dancing, pictured here with co-star Jennifer Grey Tearful: Swayze wept as he admitted he feared the disease would kill him in a TV interview with Barbara Walters in January 2009 Swayze’s wife of 34 years, Lisa Niemi, was at his bedside when he died of pancreatic cancer yesterday aged 57 at their ranch in Los Angeles. He will be remembered as dance instructor Johnny Castle who swept Grey’s debutante off her feet. Swayze was warned not to accept the part amid fears
OBITUARY: Patrick Swayze. Actor. Born Houston, US, August 18, 1952. Died Los Angeles, US, September 14, aged 57. PATRICK Swayze was in his mid-30s when he became an overnight sensation in 1987 with the romantic dance movie Dirty Dancing, in which he played dance instructor Johnny Castle and Jennifer Grey was his pupil Baby. The film cost $US5 million and was intended primarily for video, but it grossed more than $200m worldwide and was one of the biggest hits of the year. Swayze came from a dance background, though by the time he made the film his dancing career was almost over. He was afflicted with an old injury and needed further surgery during shooting. His physical problems and advancing years had motivated him to attempt to expand himself as an actor, and he had already appeared as part of Francis Ford Coppola’s Brat Pack ensemble in The Outsiders (1983), along with Matt Dillon, Rob Lowe and Tom Cruise, though Swayze was rather elderly for the label brat. On the back of Dirty Dan
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