Sources close to Patrick Swayze said he knew he was "a dead man walking" but continued to give his all in his fight against pancreatic cancer.

RadarOnline.com has revisited the Dirty Dancing star's brave cancer battle on what would have been the actor's 73rd birthday on August 18.

Swayze died aged 57 on September 14, 2009, a little over a year-and-a-half after he was diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer in January 2008. Article continues below advertisement

Swayze Receives Stage 4 Diagnosis

Insiders told us despite Swayze's grim diagnosis, he faced his cancer battle head-on and fought courageously even though he knew the odds were stacked against him.

Swayze's widow, Lisa Niemi, recalled a chilling conversation she had with her late husband after he discovered he had can

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