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Patrick Swayze: I’m not on my deathbed

Actor insists he's not on his last legs

Patrick Swayze starred in Dirty Dancing

Patrick Swayze has rubbished reports he’s started preparing for his death.

The actor was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in March and has been receiving treatment since.

But this week, The National Enquirer claimed he was on his deathbed after doctors apparently told him the disease had spread to his liver.

Now Patrick, 56, has set the record straight.

‘The only thorn in my side…tabloids have been consistently reporting lies and false information about me and those close to me,’ he tells People.

‘And latest, they're reporting that I'm on my last legs and saying goodbye to my tearful family!

‘It's upsetting that the shoddy and reckless reporting from these publications cast a negative shadow on the positive and good fight I'm fighting.

'For me, my family, and those close to me, it amounts to downright cruelty. That makes me angry when hope is so precious.’

The Dirty Dancing hunk, who recently completed shooting US TV drama The Beast, insists he’s responding well to chemo.

‘Pancreatic cancer is an aggressive disease and from the moment I was diagnosed, I knew I was in for the fight of my life,’ he adds. ‘It's a battle, and so far, I've been winning.’

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