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NEWS ABOUT: Ghost

Ghost stories: 6 news summaries
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 Grey, Demi Lead 
 Swayze Tributes 

Dirty Dancing co-star cherishes swooning in his arms

Sep 15, 09 9:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Like generations who adored him, Jennifer Grey often thinks about swaying in Patrick Swayze’s arms, People reports. “When I think of him, I think of being in his arms when we were kids, dancing, practicing the lift in the freezing lake, having a blast doing this tiny... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • Demi Moore • Patrick Swayze • Dirty Dancing • Jennifer Grey • Ghost • celebrity death

OBITUARY

 Cancer Takes 
 Swayze, 57 

Dirty Dancing star diagnosed with deadly pancreatic cancer in Jan. 2008

Sep 14, 09 7:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Patrick Swayze died today, TMZ reports, following a battle with pancreatic cancer. The actor, whose credits included Dirty Dancing and Ghost, was 57. Named People’s Sexiest Man Alive in 1991, he was diagnosed with the deadly form of cancer in January 2008; he continued film and TV work,... More »

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cancer • entertainment • pancreatic cancer • People Magazine • actor • Patrick Swayze • Dirty Dancing • Ghost • Lisa Niemi

(Newser) - Actor Patrick Stewart reported seeing a "ghost" in the wings while performing Waiting for Godot in London, reports the Telegraph. The former Star Ship Enterprise captain was apparently not up to snuff during one scene. When co-star Ian McKelllan asked him what happened, Stewart replied: "I just saw... More »

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theater • London • Ian McKellen • Star Trek • ghosts • Ghost • acting • Patrick Stewart • Waiting for Godot

  Bambi Is Best Weepy: Poll  

Ghost edges out Titanic, and cartoons are well represented in online outcome

Oct 13, 08 2:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bambi is the best “tear-jerker” ever, the Daily Telegraph reports. An online poll puts the Disney cartoon at the top of the list, and it should be no surprise: Even Paul McCartney credits the death of Bambi’s mother for his vegetarianism. Ghost, the sentimental story of the relationship... More »

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film • poll • Whoopi Goldberg • cartoon • Tom Hanks • E.T. • tear jerkers • Bambi • Titanic • Demi Moore • Patrick Swayze • Ghost • The Lion King

Dutch Teacher Discovers Green 'Space Ghost'

Accidental find is hot gas ball reflecting far-off galactic light

Aug 10, 08 2:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Dutch schoolteacher earned her moment in the sun by discovering a cosmic ball of gas some have labeled a space “ghost,” NPR reports. Hanny van Arkel, 25, was working as a volunteer with a galaxy-classifying website when she came upon what “looked like a regular galaxy... More »

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Netherlands • black hole • quasars • galaxy • Ghost • teacher • outer space

Friends Rally
to Support Swayze

News of actor's pancreatic cancer
stuns Hollywood

Mar 6, 08 10:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Patrick Swayze's celebrity friends are offering encouragement to the actor a day after news broke that the Dirty Dancing and Ghost star has pancreatic cancer, Access Hollywood reports. “I won an Oscar because of Patrick Swayze," said Ghost co-star Whoopi Goldberg on The View. "So baby, we... More »

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cancer • Whoopi Goldberg • pancreatic cancer • Patrick Swayze • Dirty Dancing • Pancreatic Cancer Action Network • Jennifer Grey • Ghost

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