MUMBAI: The Houston-born Patrick Swayze who starred in hits like Ghost and Dirty Dancing has expired following a battle with pancreatic Cancer. He was 57.

Swayze enjoyed heartthrob status for his romantic performances in Ghost and Dirty Dancing and used his classical ballet training and experience as a Broadway

dancer to notable effect in Dirty Dancing.

He earned the respect of teenage males, too, with winning turns as the surfing bank robber in Kathryn Bigelow‘s thrill ride Point Break, as well as The Outsiders for Francis Ford Coppola and Red Dawn.

He is survived by his wife Lisa Niemi, brother Don, and his mother.