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at the Harkness Ballet and Joffrey ballet schools. His big break came in 1987, when he was cast as dance instructor Johnny Castle in the 1987 film Dirty Dancing. The hit movie also allowed Swayze to pursue a singing career. Inspired by his relationship with his wife, Lisa, Swayze co-wrote the song "She's Like the Wind," with Stacy Widelitz, for the film's soundtrack. "I had been meeting girls with names like Mimi and Angel. And for a long time I didn't feel like I deserved her," Swayze told People magazine. "I just felt at that time that I'm very, very lucky to have a woman who thinks I hung the moon." The song resonated with music fans, and the single catapulted to No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. Swayze continued to perform, mostly as an actor, until the time of his death from pancreatic cancer on September 14, 2009.