Patrick Swayze was survived by his wife and siblings after his tragic death. Swayze, best known for starring roles in Dirty Dancing and Ghost, died in September 2009 after battling pancreatic cancer. He was 54. "You know, when he first found out he had pancreatic cancer he turned to me and said, 'I'm a dead man,'" Swayze's wife, Lisa Niemi, recalled during a 2024 appearance on the "Amy and T.J." podcast. "I didn't know much about pancreatic cancer, but he did, and from what he knew anytime you heard someone had had pancreatic cancer it was like, 'Well, he's out of here.