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While celebrity deaths sprout emotional tributes left, right, and center, they do not always end up as tasteful and special as they set out to be. However, in the case of the late actor Patrick Swayze and ABC’s show Dancing with the Stars, the dance tribute was dirty, and that was perfect, according to E! Online.

The results that eliminated the first two contestants from Dancing with the Stars on Tuesday night were put on the backburner as some of the show’s professional dancers took to the stage in a dancing Swayze tribute.

The late actor, known for his emotional role in the movie “Ghost” but also for his hearthrob performance in “Dirty Dancing,” would have been proud.

The tribute began with Chelsie Hightower and Dmitry Chaplin, both from So You Think You Can Dance fame, doing a romantic piece to “She’s Like the Wind.” This was followed by real-life husband and wife duo Jonathan Roberts and Anna Trebunskaya waltzing to “Unchained Melody.” It was then that “Dirty Dancing” was really brought to life, with Tony Dovolani and Cheryl Burke dancing to the Oscar-winning song,”Time Of My Life,” and ending with the famous lift where Swayze hoisted Jennifer Grey into the air at the end of the movie. The tribute was received warmly by those who watched it.

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In a year littered with celebrity passings, one more soul was added to the list today as Houston-born actor Patrick Swayze died- after a nearly two year battle with pancreatic cancer.

According to the Los Angeles Times, the 57-year-old Dirty Dancing star passed away with family at his side.

“Patrick Swayze passed away peacefully today with family at his side after facing the challenges of his illness for the last 20 months,” said a statement released Monday evening in Los Angeles by his publicist, Annett Wolf. No other details were given.

Swayze first came forward about his diagnosis in spring 2008, but decided to undergo treatments at the Stanford University Medical Center and still continue working at the same time-most recently on A&E’s now cancelled series The Beast. The actor was told he had Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm (IPMN), a rare stage IV pancreatic cancer.

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Dirty Dancing: The Classic Story on Stage has been granted an extension of its run at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto, Mirvish Productions announced yesterday.

In celebration of the show’s 200th performance yesterday, the Mirvishes announced the show would now run until Nov. 2 of this year, an increase of nearly six months.

The show was expected to run until September of this year. But, when it was announced, tickets for the show went quickly, racking up millions of dollars in sales. Many insiders expect the show to run for a while.

Tickets for the new run go on sale Monday morning.

Torontonians will be “Dirty Dancing” for a little while longer — the Mirvish stage adaptation of the hit 1987 movie has been extended for an additional 12 weeks.

The production opened Oct. 31 in Toronto and will now run till Aug. 31, 2008, due to what producers are calling the “ecstatic response” of Toronto audiences.

An additional 144,000 tickets are now on sale.

“Dirty Dancing” tells the story of 17-year-old Frances “Baby” Houseman, who meets and starts a relationship with dance instructor Johnny Castle during a visit to a summer resort in 1963.

The show was penned by Eleanor Bergstein, who also wrote the film, and stars Jake Simons as Johnny and Monica West as Baby.

The Toronto run marks the North American premiere of the production.