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The jacket that Patrick Swayze wore in Dirty Dancing, sold for $62,500

A leather jacket that actor Patrick Swayze wore in icon movie Dirty Dancing has sold for $62,500 (£48,270) at an auction in Los Angeles.

The buyer is a Hollywood memorabilia collector, who only identified himself as Glenn.

Swayze’s widow Lisa Niemi said she had “a lot of mixed feelings” about selling the items.

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Despite strong opposition from Swayze’s niece Danielle Swayze, the auction went ahead.

“These were family heirlooms, It’s a slap in the face that she’s selling these precious memories,” she said.

Besides the jacket, hundreds of other items belonging to Swayze – including a surfboard from Point Break and a shirt he wore in Ghost – also went under the hammer on Friday, BBC reports.

Swayze was 57 when he died in 2009 from pancreatic cancer.

Claire Reynolds

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