Tough guy Patrick Swayze danced to his own beat

Sep 15th, 2009 - BostonHerald

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Only Patrick Swayze could make the pachanga steamy.

The 57-year-old Texas-born actor and dancer who waltzed his way to heartthrob status after starring as Johnny Castle in 1987’s sleeper hit “Dirty Dancing” died Monday of pancreatic cancer.

Swayze was the rare Hollywood macho man - as masculine pirouetting across Kellerman’s dance floor in “Dancing” as he was throwing punches at Double Deuce saloon in “Road House.”

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