The people who run those papers are Ghouls, and there's a special circle of hell reserved just for them.
i would say it was his smoking cigs that did him in. he smoked like a chimney. it was even brought up in an interview and he basically was still smoking after his diagnosis saying something like might as well still smoke since i'm already diagnosed and it's too late to stop smoking to prevent it. no, noone can definitely say it was his years of smoking that caused his pancreatic cancer...but it is 2 to 3 times more common in a heavy smoker than a non-smoker.
Wow, forgot all about The Outsiders. Thanks I'm a Red Dawn kind of guy, but, and thanks to DreamShake, I'll add Outsiders as a good close second.
It is so moving to see how many guys admired Swayze (generally for different movies). I can't even guess how many times I've seen Dirty Dancing. He always seemed like a genuinely nice guy. He'll be missed.