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"Dancing With the Stars paid homage to the late Patrick Swayze in a special tribute number Wednesday, and contestant Debi Mazar was so touched by the routine she was moved to tears.\r\n&amp;quot;I really cried backstage watching it,&amp;quot; Mazar, 45, told Usmagazine.com after Wednesday&amp;apos;s tribute by DWTS pros, including Tony Dovolani and Cheryl Burke, who performed Swayze&amp;apos;s iconic Dirty Dancing finale number. The medley also included &amp;quot;She&amp;apos;s Like the Wind&amp;quot; from the 1987 film.\r\n\r\nMazar tells Us the show did the late actor -- and her pal, Dancing costar Jennifer Grey -- proud.&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m so glad they did this. Patrick Swayze was such a strong, wonderful man and to see him have cancer and fight til the end is a real testament to human strength and the human spirit,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;I know he&amp;apos;s dancing with Michael [Jackson] in heaven watching this.\r\nWATCH THE TRIBUTE PERFORMANCE\r\n&amp;quot;I know Jen Grey and watching Cheryl Burke dance from behind, she really looked like Jennifer Grey,&amp;quot; Mazar added. &amp;quot;I just started getting teary.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nDWTS pro Dmitry Chaplin was honored to dance in the tribute.&amp;quot;It was really special,&amp;quot; he told Us. &amp;quot;When I started dancing, I watched Dirty Dancing, and of course it was one of the first things I saw about dancing in the movies. I thought it was so cool! Patrick did a lot for dance and helped programs like this be on today.&amp;quot;Swayze passed away Sept. 14 after a courageous nine-month battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 57."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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