Lake Lure Residents Plan NC Service For Swayze
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – The residents of Lake Lure are planning a memorial service for Patrick Swayze, the star of “Dirty Dancing,” which was filmed in their western North Carolina community.
Swayze died Monday evening after a 20-month fight with pancreatic cancer. He was 57.
The town of Lake Lure will remember Swayze during a memorial service at 7 p.m. Saturday at Firefly Cove, a housing development that was Camp Chimney Rock when “Dirty Dancing” was filmed. Many of the film’s outdoor scenes were filmed there, as was the cabin of Johnny Castle, Swayze’s character.
Although the service is free, visitors will be asked to donate to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.
The movie was released in 1987.
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Patrick was a great actor and deserves to be remembered and honored. It is nice for the residents of lake Lure to perform this ceremony.