Sept. 10, 2010 -- While boarding a plane in July, Lisa Niemi sent a text message to her husband, the actor Patrick Swayze. Even though he died of pancreatic cancer a year ago Tuesday.

Nov. 3, 2009 -- In September, actor Patrick Swayze died at age 57 after a 22-month battle with pancreatic cancer. He beat the odds, outliving his initial prognosis by more than a year and a half.

He acted right up until his death in 2004 when he died from prostate cancer. Mourning his loss, Patrick Swayze told the American Film Institute that Orbach guided his performance on "Dirty Dancing." ...

LOS ANGELES - Patrick Swayze, the hunky actor who danced his way into moviegoers' hearts with "Dirty Dancing" and then broke them with "Ghost," died Monday after a battle with pancreatic cancer ...