Diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in January of 2008, Patrick Swayze succumbed to the disease on September 14, 2009.В  He was 57.

Although best remembered as a handsome leading man in many popular films throughout the ’80s and ’90s, Patrick Swayze left his mark on popular music as well.  Besides starring in such music-centric films as 'Dirty Dancing' and 'Ghost', Swayze achieved success as a song and dance man on stage, starring in such musicals as 'Guys and Dolls', 'Goodtime Charley' and 'Chicago'.  Thanks to his role in 'Ghost', Swayze earned a place in the hip-hop cultural via the lyric “I’m Swayze” as in “I’m Ghost,” or “I’m gone.”  In 1987, Swayze earned a Golden Globe nomination for a song he co-wrote and recorded for the Dirty Dancing soundtrack, 'She’s Like The Wind.'

Patrick Swayze was a big inspiration for the Bulgarian hardcore movementВ and the skaters and surf societies through hisВ Bodhi character in the cultВ 'Point Break' (1991) movie, featuring also Keanu Reeves.

The hardcore radio show of rock radio Tangra in the late 90's-В 'Point Break' was named after the film, by theВ host Delyan Stefanov (Face Up, Vendetta).

Anthony KiedisВ of RHCP had a brief appearence in the movie.