Top 10 celebrity deaths of 2009
4. Patrick Swayze - star of "Dirty Dancing" and "Ghost"
Patrick Swayze, U.S. actor died Sept. 14 aged 57. The actor best known as the smoldering dance instructor in “Dirty Dancing” died after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He cemented his status as a big screen sex symbol with his performance in 1990 romance “Ghost” alongside Demi Moore.