"Our blessings are with the people around him that knew him and loved him the best," she added. He was a pleasure to work with in Donnie Darko. "He was a hero to us all - from The Outsiders to all the wonderful films that he made. He was the nicest man that one could ever, ever know.
"I feel as though I'm the wrong person to because it's such a personal thing for people who are close to him, but I met him when I was seven years old. "I'm in a bit of a shell-shocked state myself," she said.
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"When I think of him, I think of being in his arms when we were kids - dancing, practicing the lift in the freezing lake, having a blast doing this tiny little movie we thought no-one would ever see," she told People magazine, adding that Swayze was so fearless doing his own stunts that "it was not surprising to me that the war he waged on his cancer was so courageous and dignified."ĭrew Barrymore, who starred with Swayze in the 2001 film Donnie Darko, learnt of her co-star's death during a press conference at the Toronto Film Festival. Swayze shot to superstardom in 1987 with Dirty Dancing, an international blockbuster in which he played a dance teacher to a young wallflower who wants to bloom.Ĭo-star Jennifer Grey described Swayze as a "real cowboy with a tender heart." In the movie, Swayze's slain character communicates with Moore via Goldberg, who plays a psychic. "I believe in Ghost's message, so he'll always be near." "Patrick was a really good man, a funny man and one to whom I owe much that I can't ever repay," she said. Whoopi Goldberg, who won a best supporting actress Oscar for her role in Ghost, said that - as in the film - Swayze will "always be near." The love inside, you take it with you.' I love and will miss you Patrick," she added. "In the words of Sam to Molly: 'It's amazing Molly. "Patrick you are loved by so many and your light will forever shine in all of our lives," she wrote on Twitter. Hollywood stars have expressed sadness at the passing of Patrick Swayze, who died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 57 yesterday.ĭemi Moore, who starred opposite Swayze in 1990's tear-jerker Ghost, led the tributes.
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