Patrick Swayze, who came to fame in the hugely popular film “Dirty Dancing” and built an even larger public with the ovie “Ghost”, has died at home in Los Angeles, age 57, from pancreatic cancer. ABC film review on Yahoo, YouTube clip – She’s Like the Wind from Dirty Dancing
International media are picking up speculation by South Korean television, based on what it says sources have told it, that the North’s leader, Kim-Jong Il, has pancreatic cancer that is putting his life in danger. The information is unconfirmed but is causing concern because of the instability that could be provoked in the North if he dies without a successor clearly in place. Swiss-educated younger son Kim Jong-un is rumoured to be in line to succeed him, but North Korea has not made an announcement to this effect, notes the Guardian, UK.
