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Patrick Swayze's Rep Denies Death Rumors
Today 10:27 AM PDT by
Gina Serpe
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Don't believe the rumors:
Patrick Swayze is "alive and well."
The Internet exploded this morning with rumors that the
Dirty Dancing star had lost his public battle with
pancreatic cancer, but the actor's rep has quickly corrected the record.
"This is to confirm that Patrick Swayze did not pass away this morning, contrary to severely reckless reports stemming from a radio station in Jacksonville, Fla.," his publicist, Annett Wolf, says in a statement to E! News.
"Patrick is alive, well and is enjoying his life, and he continues to respond to treatment."
The 56-year-old
Beast star has been dogged by
rumors of
failing health since he made public his diagnosis last year.
The latest rumor came this morning, when his premature death was reportedly announced on air during a radio news segment on KISS FM.
Adding to the confusion of the report is the fact that two Jacksonville-area
radio stations bear those call letters, though neither is eager to take credit for the report.
The programming director for 99.9 WKIS FM, however, has already
spoken out denying that the rumor originated on his airwaves.
As for Swayze, the actor is still waiting on another verdict—that of his A&E show.
The Beast did not appear on the cable net's programming lineup when A&E unveiled its fall schedule last week, but a rep for the network said that a final decision about the show's future has yet to be made.
(Originally published on May 19, 2009, at 10:01 a.m. PT)
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