The residents of the North Carolina town in which Dirty Dancing was filmed are planning a memorial service for Patrick Swayze.

Swayze -- who died Monday of pancreatic cancer at age 57 -- was nominated for a Golden Globe for his role as bad boy Johnny Castle in the 1987 dance drama.

On Saturday, the town of Lake Lure will remember the his life with a memorial service at 7 p.m. at Firefly Cove -- the housing development that served as Camp Chimney in Dirty Dancing.

The service is free, but visitors will be asked to donate to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.

Swayze's Dirty Dancing costar Jennifer Grey opened up to Usmagazine.com after his death, calling him "a real cowboy with a tender heart.

"Patrick was a rare and beautiful combination of raw masculinity and amazing grace," she told Us in a statement. "He was fearless and insisted on always doing his own stunts, so it was not surprising to me that the war he waged on his cancer was so courageous and dignified."


Source: usmagazine.com