This week, our Ten Top Tweets celebrates the life of Patrick Swayze through Haiku. Although he was nominated for three golden Globes over the course of his 30-year career, Patrick Swayze measured his success by lives touched, not money made or awards won (EW).
Ten Top Tweets is a weekly compilation based on a Twitter Meme — trends, activities or sayings associated with Twitter.
One of the most popular Twitter Memes is Follow Friday (#followfriday), which invites all users to suggests other Twitter users to follow, each Friday.
10. RIP Patrick Swayze. /He taught us an important / lesson: Pain don’t hurt. @CousinBrandon
9. You were a fake ghost. But now you are a real ghost. Ditto, Swayze, Ditto… @LawrenceChi
8. Taught us how to dance. Blew up chumps at double deuce. R I P Swayze. @derrich
7. An hour in bed. Gym followed by a long day. Mom cried for Swayze. @mikepetersen
6. patrick swayze’s gone/ started out dirty dancing / graceful to the end @researching
5. Red Dawn Wolverine / Dancing Dirty With Jen Grey / I Miss Her Old Nose @ethanpersoff
4. with a warm smile/he fox-trots right through the gates/as we wave goodbye. @emotionaldriver
3. Now Patrick’s a ghost. Did the shadow-wraiths take him? He’s Dirt-Nap Dancing. @Saint714
2. I’m not a dancer. Nor am I a movie star. Still Swayze-esque, yes? @BoxerDogLewis
1. Your dance was dirty. You made me believe in Ghosts. And now you are one. @bjameslynch
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